You'd think you were the one who did me the favour, and not the other way around.

你会认为是你帮助了我，而不是我帮助了你。

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Years later, I returned the favour.

多年后，我回报了这个恩惠。

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and the same for favour, they spell f-a-v-o-r, we put u in it,

同样地，对于发烧这个单词，他们拼写成f-a-v-o-r，我们要加一个u在里面，

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People show consideration for others in the hope or expectation that the favour will be returned.

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In return they would either get a share of the spoils or simply have the favour returned.

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Now she must decide whether she will return the favour in her approach to the crisis in the eurozone.

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