A foundling to start with,he would flourish later on as his powers waxed and his worth was proved, In the end each clan on the outlying coasts beyond the whale-road had to yield to him and begin to pay tribute.That was one good king.

VOA: special.2011.01.05

If you make three people-- or even better, four people a day feel good and they make-- they pay it forward and make four others feel good, and so on and so on.

如果你能让三个人-,甚至四个人度过美妙的一天-,他们会推展，让四人有美好的一天，以此类推。

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because no one really wants to pay more for good than it should be.

因为没人真的愿意花更多的钱去买不值那个价钱的东西。

中国的影响力 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Good trends don't pay the rent. We have got to actually grow jobs and get America back to work as quickly as we can,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

The other is I take a mortgage, I buy a house, I pay it off, I go into a heavy indebtedness but with a good rational reason and it all works out in the end.

另一种情况是，我分期贷款买了一套房子，我还清了贷款，却债台高筑,这样，于情于理都能说通,而且，最终无事一身轻。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

The air was yellow and black from the smoke, but the pay was good.

VOA: standard.2010.04.26

To require him to pay, let's say, a third of his earnings to the government to support good causes like food and health care and housing and education for the poor, that's coercion, that's unjust.

假设，让他拿出三分之一的收入,交给政府来支持公益事业,为穷人提供食物，医疗保障，住房和教育，这就是强迫，是不公平的。

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