Up-and-coming South Korea might be expected to be a bit mean, but the stinginess of Switzerland is unexpected.

作为后起之秀的韩国表现的吝啬是可以理解的，但是瑞士的小气却让人出乎意料。

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Up-and-coming4 South Korea might be expected to be a bit mean, but the stinginess of Switzerland is unexpected.

作为后起之秀的韩国也许有理由节省一些，可瑞士的小气就有些令人吃惊了。

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We didn't mean to hurt him. It was just a bit of fun.

我们并非有意要伤害他，只不过是开个玩笑罢了。

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The payoffs are lower, Okay. So here's an abbreviated version of that, I mean it's perhaps a little bit longer.

回报较低,我有一个比较简约的说法,我是说可能有点长

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I mean, coming from New York, anywhere I will be a little bit jaded, but Providence is a nice city.

因为来自纽约，我会对所有地方感到厌倦，但普罗维登斯确实是个不错的地方。

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So, let me get a little bit more specific about what we mean by nodal plane and where the idea of nodal plane comes from, and nodal planes arise from any place you have angular nodes.

关于节面的意义,或者节面概念的起源，让我们讲的更具体一点，节面起源于角向节点。

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"If Macquarie has managed to secure a partner, as they indicated they aimed to do, then a price of 580 pence might look a bit mean to LSE shareholders as there could be more significant synergies to be shared from the partnership, " an analyst was quoted as saying in The Associated Press.

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It seems a bit silly and mean-minded to me.

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In some cases, this may mean losing a bit of principal if investors haven't incurred enough interest to cover a CD's early-withdrawal penalty, notes Greg McBride, senior financial analyst at Bankrate.com.

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