A study shows that 16% of the bar and pub owners are upset to notice a drop in business, because smokers prefer killing time at home and seldom go out for a drink.

一项研究表明，16%的酒吧和酒馆老板因注意到生意下降而感到不快，因为吸烟者更喜欢在家里消磨时间，很少出去喝酒。

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We sometimes have people in the office for three to four hours to meet with additional team members, or we'll invite candidates to have a drink at the office pub to get to know them better.

有时候，我们让应聘者在办公室里待上三到四个小时，认识更多的团队成员。或者，我们会请应聘者到办公室的酒吧里喝点什么，以便更好地了解他们。

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Talk generally about the weather, the beer or the pub and at an appropriate moment, offer to your newfound companion a drink.

可以跟人泛泛地谈天气，谈啤酒，或者谈酒吧。在适当的时刻主动提出给你新找到的同伴买一杯酒。

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How many highly paid fund managers go into a cheap furniture enterprise or drop in to drink at the out of town locations of a pub chain?

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"A lot of promotions, like the two-for-one drink special at the pub and the weekend shoe sale, are events people actually want to know about, " he says.

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Counsel for the BPS, Louise Brooks, described how the psychologist had a drink with his patient, who was suffering from stress at work, in a pub on March 28, 1999.

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