Although we couldn't speak to each other in the same language, our communication was made by trying to beat each other—at drawing, at game, even at eating.

虽然我们不能用同一种语言交谈，但我们的交流是通过试图打败对方来实现的——在绘画、游戏，甚至在吃饭方面。

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But just like at Duke, we're highly competitive and it's always fun to beat each other.

就象在杜克时那样，我们之间竞争很激烈，大家总是以击败对方为乐。

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Two old friends embraced each other affectionately beat each other on the back, until the hammer have to cough up two people before they agree to separate.

两个老朋友拥抱在一起，亲昵地互相捶打着彼此的后背，直到搥得两个人一起咳嗽起来才肯分开。

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Let those banks trade wantonly and race to beat each other to marginally profitable investment banking business.

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Consider: two teams of hard, young contestants, each of them a bag of squirming appetites, battle to beat each other at a task set by Mr Trump.

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It seems like there's this maybe--is it that competitive that it's this one-upmanship going on between companies, that they're trying to beat each other out, feature for feature?

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