He thinks that being a close loser might give people a psychological boost, or the proverbial kick in the pants.

他认为，惜败可能会给人们一种心理上的刺激，或者如谚语所说的“重大挫折”。

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The decision to close the factory has consigned 6 000 people to the scrap heap.

关闭那家工厂的决定使6 000人遭到了遗弃。

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The Hui people live in more central China, close to the north.

回族人生活在华中地区，靠近北方。

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A "run on the bank" usually happens when people believe there is danger a bank may fail or close.

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Well, it turns out that people tended to give an answer close to the number that came up on the wheel of fortune.

结果表明人们会更愿意给出,接近他们刚才转出数字的答案

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practice our, you know, talking skills. We get really close because there's not that many people in the class.

练习我们的表达能力。因为上这个课的人不多，所以我们之间变得很亲近。

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Of course, a huge piece of it is simply the momentum that a candidacy has, and the desire of the candidate and the people close to him, having gone this far, to hang in there and not give up.

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Now, the details are on and on to the very close people who signed the memorandum.

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The Transport Workers Union Local 100 wants wage increases pegged to inflation, the first specific salary demands made in negotiations between the transit union and the MTA, according to people close to the negotiations.

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