I managed to climb up there, then I searched my way through the dark among the piles of things, and hid in the most secret place I could find.

我勉强地爬上了阁楼，然后在黑暗中摸索着往前走，穿过成堆的东西，钻到我所能找到的一个最隐秘的地方藏了起来。

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Other factors relate to discontinued operations (booking a one-time gain from selling a business is bad), corporate governance (companies get black marks for having poison pills), inventory (if it piles up faster than sales, then business may be weakening) and free cash flow (a declining number is bad).

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