Those two old brothers had been having a pretty hot argument a couple of days before, and had ended by agreeing to decide it by a bet, which is the English way of settling everything.
那两个老兄弟几天前吵了一架，吵得相当厉害，最后同意打个赌来决定，这是英国人解决一切问题的方式。
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Pension funds could decide to make a geared bet on equities by borrowing money and investing in the S&P 500 index.
退休基金可以通过在标普500指数上交易来对赌股本。
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It's a good bet that by some measures we'll be seeing deflation by sometime next year.