and I think we did all we could in order to bring this into a situation which is tolerable,".

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He points out that in the 1798 edition of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, biscuit worms had gotten into the hard-tack, so naturally, he says, "The particular kind of albatross that the mariner shot, I am told, makes a very tolerable broth."

他说在1798年版的《老水手之歌》,给信天翁的食物已然腐烂，所以他自然的认为，“水手们,杀死的信天翁，做成的汤味道不错“

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The reality is that only very fast economic growth will bring unemployment down to a tolerable level in a reasonable length of time.

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As it happens, the same growth rates that are needed to bring unemployment down to a tolerable level in a reasonable length of time will also bring the deficit down fast.

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Unlike Greece, the Irish Republic is now looking at a tolerable recovery and has a competitive economy, so perhaps the jury on that one is still out.

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