They had an affair once, but that's ancient history now.

他们曾经有过一段暧昧关系，但现在那已成为遥远的过去了。

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Had they traded through Banks with a lesser presence in the US - or domiciled in a country that did not have an extradition treaty with America - the affair might never have seen the light of day.

如果他们通过在美国影响力较弱的银行进行交易——或定居在一个与美国没有签订引渡条约的国家——那么这件事可能永远都不会曝光。

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One of Reilly's patients had an affair, ended it, and then told her husband as a way to point out they were in more trouble than he thought.

蕾利的一个病人出了轨，然后了断，再用这样的方式告诉她的丈夫，她们的处境比他想象的糟的多。

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Later, Condit asked her to sign an affidavit denying they had an affair, and she refused on her lawyer's advice.

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She said that she would tell people they had an affair, that she was known as a stalker among her peers, and that she hated it, and if she had an affair or she had an affair, then she wouldn't be the stalker anymore.

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Another spicy statistic: 55.6% of those surveyed say they've known a married co-worker who had an office affair, and 44.6% say they're acquainted with a married or committed co-worker who's had a romantic liaison while on a company business trip.

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