The sheer scale of the investment it took to begin commercial expansion at sea reflects the immensity of the profits that such East-West trade could create.

在海上进行商业扩张所消耗的投资规模之大，反映了这种东西向贸易所能创造的巨大利润。

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Part of the Pacific story was the expansion of the American West.

太平洋的故事有一半是在讲美国的西进扩张。

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Called "Redbacks for Greenbacks", it makes clear that the yuan's overseas expansion might not follow the sort of linear progression many in the West have assumed.

这篇报告题目叫做“元取代美元”，报告中清楚地阐述了人民币的海外扩张之路也许不会像西方设想的那样是线形推进的。

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Mr.Obama called for the creation of a Palestinian state and condemned Jewish settlement expansion in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.05.29

Mr.Obama has lost popularity in Israel because of American pressure to halt Jewish settlement expansion in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

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Mitchell will press Israel to halt Jewish settlement expansion in the West Bank and disputed East Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2009.07.26

Like other European cities Berlin traditionally looked west when it came to fashionable expansion, but these days west Berlin has fallen from favour.

ECONOMIST: Geography of cool: Berlin

Hundreds more children and families could be supported as part of expansion plans by a West Midlands hospice.

BBC: Acorns Children's Hospice plans ?4.2m care boost

Independent Living Services Scotland is beginning a major recruitment drive as part of its expansion in Edinburgh, West Lothian and East Lothian.

BBC: Firm in 100 new carer jobs boost for Edinburgh and Lothians