It is not another performer this time, but a friend from London who has managed to get a plane ticket - which are in desperately short supply - and will manage to make it to the celebrations.

这次不是另一位演员，而是一位来自伦敦的朋友设法搞到了机票——这东西非常短缺——这将使他有可能来参加庆典。

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A 0% credit card can also be useful for paying off big-ticket items or short-term borrowing, but don't keep money on it for longer than the 0% offer lasts - you will be hammered with interest.

零利率信用卡对高价项目和短期借贷也很有用，但是不要超过零利率提供期限—届时你将受到利息的重压。

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I have no doubt that a company like Alibaba or JD would be capable of building a more secure, more stable, and more convenient platform for train ticket sales, probably within a short time frame.

我毫不怀疑，可能在短时间内，像阿里巴巴或京东这样的公司能够建设一个更安全、更稳定、更方便的火车票销售平台。

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If you live in a small city, be willing to drive to a big airport to use an award ticket, since short trips on small jets can limit availability.

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In November, shortly after moving to a Brooklyn short-term sublet, former ticket broker Brown put his two tickets to the Alabama-Notre Dame game on Craigslist in the hope not of selling them, but of trading them for six months of housing (story here).

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There is concern among some developers that too much big-ticket supply is arriving over a short period.

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