How many man-days will be needed to construct this irrigation canal?
修这条渠道要多少人工?
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Overtime shall be counted as extra spent man-days on the basis of 8 hours a day.
加班则在一天8小时工作时间的基础上按所花费的人日额外计算。
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They went on disputing till Brother B said he would bet twenty thousand pounds that the man would live thirty days, anyway, on that million, and keep out of jail, too.
他们就这样继续争论下去，直到 B 大哥说他愿意下两万英镑的赌注，赌这个人靠这一百万反正能活三十天，而且还不会进监狱。