The 60-vote advantage is also important because it will make it far more difficult for Republicans to block passage of bills through a filibuster, in which senators tie up the floor in long speeches to prevent a vote.

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You need the loan for years, but investors don't want to tie up their money for years.

这笔款你需要贷若干年,可是投资者不希望他们的钱被占用好几年

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Had to wake up really early, had to wear suit and tie every day.

在那里必须很早起床，并且每天都要穿西装打领带。

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Before that, people used to put papers in piles, tie them up in ribbons, and put them on bookshelves or in drawers.

在此之前，人们经常将纸堆起来，用丝带卷好系上，然后放在书架上或是抽屉里。

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We need to posit the soul, something immaterial that survives the death of the body, that can leave the body, go up to heaven; though, as it happens in these cases, the tie is never completely broken.

我们需要假设灵魂,某种非物质的,能在肉体死后还存在的东西,能离开肉体,升入天堂,尽管,正如在这些例子里发生的,它们之间的联系从未完全破裂

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