To tell you the truth, I've been tied up in committee meetings all week.

说实话，这周我就忙着开委员会会议了。

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And where you and I are concerned, not only do we lose it when we spend it out of the community, but the white man has got all our stores in the community tied up;

这是你和我都关心的，不仅仅是当我们花费了钞票在那个社会的损失，而是白人获得了我们所有的储蓄来阻碍这个社会；

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