Keeping a shop in this village is not a paying proposition, ie not profitable .

在这个村子里开设商店是一桩亏本的买卖。

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Americans may not shop until they literally drop, but their involvement is essential in keeping alive American business involving almost 20 percent of the country's work force.

美国人只在需要的时候才去购物，但他们的采购行为对于员工人数占全美劳动力近20%的美国商业来说至关重要。

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He was stunned by the amount of effort involved in keeping a house clean with small boys to pick up after, and insisted that he and his wife shop for a new vacuum cleaner.

有了小男孩子们要跟在后边收拾，这让要保持一个家庭干净的劳动量另他震惊，于是坚持他和他的妻子去买一台新的吸尘器。

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His father and mother were Polish-Jewish immigrants, keeping a hat-and-drapery shop in Montparnasse, in Paris.

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Having inherited the place from his late, hard-working father, he must honor the work and the man -- and his workers, and his neighborhood -- by keeping the shop in the family.

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Fashion-forward guys on the go can now shop their favorite clothing sites while keeping up with the latest trends and runway shows all in a single iPhone app.

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