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WORDS AND THEIR STORIES - Buff By Broadcast: Sunday, December 19, 2004 Now the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. Today we tell about the word buff. The word buff has several meaning

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A: Have the owners come up with a counter-offer to my offer to buy their home yet? B: The owners have counter-offered three hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars. A: Should I accept their offer? B: There are two ways to respond. You can either com

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原版英语对话：Buying over-the-counter medicine(2)

A: I need help picking out a lotion. B: It would be my pleasure to help you. What do you need help with? A: I picked up some poison oak while hiking, and I cant stop itching. B: We have Technu, and it is available in lotion or cream. A: Do you find t

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A: Excuse me, could you help me pick out a lotion? B: Sure, what is the problem? A: I got poison oak while hiking, and I need something to help me with the itching. B: I can suggest a product called Technu that comes in a lotion or cream. A: Which do

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A: Your office called and said that the owners had made a counter-offer to my offer to purchase their house. B: To your offer of three hundred and twenty thousand dollars, the owners have counter-offered three hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars

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By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 19 July 2007 Russia has escalated its diplomatic dispute with Britain, expelling four British diplomats and also suspending bilateral cooperation in the struggle against terrorism. VOA Correspondent Peter Fedynsky has details

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A: Have the owners answered back with a counter-offer for my offer to purchase the house? B: In response to your offer, the sellers have decided to counter-offer three hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars. A: That sounds pretty good to me, but I

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Counter Offers 还盘

Ⅳ. Counter Offers 还盘 If a buyer does not agree with any or some of the transaction terms of a quotation or a firm offer, he sends a counter-offer. In the counter-offer, the buyer may show his disagreement to the certain term or terms and state

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