He fears inflation will ratchet up as the year ends.

他担心通胀会随着年底临近而只升不降。

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Grain Buds, the 8th solar term of a year, begins on May 21 this year, and ends on June 4.

小满是一年中的第8个节气，今年从5月21日开始，6月4日结束。

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Around the world, 300 million tons of plastic is created each year, of which about 10 percent ends up in the sea.

全世界每年产生3亿吨塑料，其中约10%最终进入海洋。

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Year-ends under Section 444 are limited to September, October or November.

FORBES: Business Owners Could Find Their Tax Deferral Backfiring

With the fiscal cliff and its double whammy of expiring tax breaks and spending cuts, this has to go down as one of the strangest year-ends on record.

FORBES: Year-End Tax Planning Despite The Cliff

Among money-saving measures outlined by the chancellor were a 1% cap on public sector pay for two years, once the current two-year pay freeze ends from 2013 - Mr Osborne said the government "cannot afford the 2% rise assumed by some government departments thereafter".

BBC: Osborne confirms pay and jobs pain as growth slows