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If you can make a decent handaxe like this one, it's a good bet that you're well on the way to something we would all recognise as society.

假如你有能力制造出那么体面的手斧，那么我敢打赌当已经相当具有某些我们现代社会能够认可的共性。

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If you ask 100 people to share a bit of advice regarding how to make a happy marriage, I'll bet you'll get 100 different thoughts on the subject.

如果你向100个人询问一些关于如何获得一个幸福婚姻的建议，我打赌你会得到100种不同的答案。

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If, however, your goal with purchasing gold is to take a gamble or make a bet on the direction of the current price, go for it.

WSJ: The Experts: Should the Average Investor Buy Gold?

But this also is a treacherous time to make a big bet on the retail industry, which is battling headwinds from a weak economy, competition from online shopping and overbuilding during the boom years.

WSJ: Starwood Goes Shopping for U.S. Malls

The financial industry has done so well for itself, in short, because it has been given the licence to make a leveraged bet on property.

ECONOMIST: The banks' contribution to the economy has been overstated