A British firm is upping the ante in a long-held dream to build an airplane that also can fly in space.

一家英国的公司加大投入于多年的梦想，那就是建造一架能够飞往太空的飞机。

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Upping the ante, they would be paid according to their level of temptation: Could they hold a cigarette while watching?

更进一步，根据诱惑的程度，他们可以得到奖励：看电影时，手上能拿烟，却不吸烟吗？

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Federal Reserve that was targeting a 2% per year inflation rate would be aggressively upping the ante on its stimulative policies right now.

联储以2%为预期将会极大地提高现阶段刺激性政策的风险。

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Michael Breen has written a book about Kim Jong Il and says he needs to keep upping the ante.

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The BBC's John Sudworth in Seoul says the move will certainly be interpreted as upping the ante yet again.

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Encouraging Russian volunteers to go to Yugoslavia, as human shields or as soldiers, would be another way of upping the ante.

ECONOMIST: Yevgeny Primakov, Russia��s martial artist