He simply pinched pennies.

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He is so pinched and straightened in his environment that his leaving is more an avoidance than an embrace.

在如此艰难的处境下他挣扎求生,离开对他而言与其说是寻求解脱,不如说是逃避。

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It's like I think we pinched a lot of stuff from Egypt, which wasn't so good.

就像我们从埃及偷来了很多东西，这一做法非常不好。

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