付清帐

Thanks for your prompt payment of my bill; it saved my bacon with the bank manager.

谢谢你当场付清了我的帐单，那使我免遭银行经理的伤害。

If I pay that large bill all at once I'll be in Queer Street for the rest of the month.

如果我一下子把那张大额帐单付清，那么这个月剩下的日子里我将陷入困境。

He borrowed ￡ 10 to settle up his bill .

他借了10英镑来付清这一帐单。

He needed ten yuan to settle up this bill.

他需要十块钱来付清这一帐单。

To his surprise , he found that all the bills were receipted .

令他感到意外的是所有的帐单都已付清了。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。