We found a table and the maitre d' assured us that we would be served quickly.

我们找到了座位，餐厅领班向我们保证很快就可以用餐了。

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A Mumbai merchant spurns your best offer. A maitre d' snubs you in Beirut.

在罗马，一辆出租车突然停在你面前挡住了你的去路：或者是孟买的一位商人拒绝了你的工作申请；抑或在贝鲁特，酒店的领班对你大喊大叫。

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The way our society works, you get what you pay for and sometimes we talk about greasing the wheels: a twenty to the Maitre D, ten bucks to the handyman, a two-for-one at the local coffee shop, a single malt to your banker at Christmas.

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