He spent the evening wrapping up the Christmas presents.

他花了一个晚上的时间把圣诞礼物都包了起来。

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The ladies spent some time catching up on each other's health and families.

女士们花了些时间聊聊彼此的健康和家庭情况。

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She spent the morning matching up orders with invoices.

她花了一上午工夫把订单和发票都给对好了。

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BP has already spent more than a billion dollars on the clean-up operation.

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And I imagine that for most of you, when you ask yourself, would you want your entire life ? to be spent hooked up to the experience machine?

我想你们中多数人，当你们自问，是否愿意,在体验机器上度过一生？

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So we spent the Christmas holidays exploring the city and seeing the decorations that they have put up.

所以，在圣诞节假期，我们探索了这座城市，欣赏了他们挂上去的装饰品。

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He finally gave up and spent the night in his car on a local thoroughfare, only about two miles from his home.

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Shares in discount retailer Dollar General gained Monday after the company reported higher-than-expected third quarter profit and raised its guidance for the full year, saying that more shoppers turned up and spent more in the third quarter.

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Perry has spent three decades in public office, a record Romney hopes will play to his advantage as he plays up his time spent in private business.

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