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"ref": "2007, Catherine Weber, A Woman's Guide to Overcoming Depression, Baker Books, page 47",
"text": "But our culture has reinforced the belief that a good marriage just happens, and if it doesn't, you should simply cut your losses and move on to the next partner. After all, that's what we see in the movies.",
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"ref": "2011, Ann C. Logue, Day Trading For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, page 43",
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"sense": "discontinue an effort that seems unlikely to ever bear fruit",
"word": "減少損失"
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"sense": "discontinue an effort that seems unlikely to ever bear fruit",
"word": "rajata tappio"
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"sense": "discontinue an effort that seems unlikely to ever bear fruit",
"word": "arrêter les frais"
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"sense": "discontinue an effort that seems unlikely to ever bear fruit",
"word": "die Verluste begrenzen"
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"sense": "discontinue an effort that seems unlikely to ever bear fruit",
"word": "einen harten Schnitt machen"
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"roman": "fiksírovatʹ ubýtki",
"sense": "discontinue an effort that seems unlikely to ever bear fruit",
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"word": "фикси́ровать убы́тки"
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"sense": "discontinue an effort that seems unlikely to ever bear fruit",
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"sense": "discontinue an effort that seems unlikely to ever bear fruit",
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},
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"sense": "discontinue an effort that seems unlikely to ever bear fruit",
"word": "减少损失"
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"sense": "discontinue an effort that seems unlikely to ever bear fruit",
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"sense": "discontinue an effort that seems unlikely to ever bear fruit",
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"sense": "discontinue an effort that seems unlikely to ever bear fruit",
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"sense": "discontinue an effort that seems unlikely to ever bear fruit",
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"sense": "discontinue an effort that seems unlikely to ever bear fruit",
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"sense": "discontinue an effort that seems unlikely to ever bear fruit",
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"sense": "discontinue an effort that seems unlikely to ever bear fruit",
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"word": "фикси́ровать убы́тки"
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