The more close friends you tell about yourresolutions, the more people that you have to be around (other thanyourself) that will know if you don’t follow through.

把你的目标告诉尽可能多的亲近朋友，如果你没有做到，那就糗大了。

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It will close more than 200 stores nationwide resulting in the layoffs of an estimated 2,000 employees.

在全国范围内将关闭二百多家商店，造成约两千人失业。

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Once more she found herself in the long hall, and close to the little glass table.

她又一次发现自己来到了长厅，靠近那张小玻璃桌子。

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To reduce costs, G.M.plans to close more factories and cut more jobs by the end of two thousand eleven.

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But what's important is not where that most probable radius is when we're talking about the z effective it feels, what's more important is how close the electron actually can get the nucleus.

但重要的不是,最可能半径,当我们谈论它感到的有效电荷量的时候，更重要的是,电子实际上。

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because all the people are more close-knit and just better school spirit

因为人都更团结，更有学校的精神，

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This means that when many customers are eager to buy, the retailer will close more sales and when fewer potential customers are on the floor, the retailer can cut its costs.

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"The closer you get to the top the more difficult it is to close the gap, " he said.

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It feels great around the corners, and then you start to push more to close the gap and then the car really starts to be on the ragged edge but I think it's just downforce, their car is just on rails.

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