The two men were evidently getting on to the tax again, for I could hear them bandying figures to and fro.
两个人毫无疑问又扯上了收税的事情,因为我能听到他们在反复掰弄着一些数字。
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Pundits and political wise men have long dreamed of a "grand bargain", which would arrest the growth of entitlement spending while raising tax revenue by closing loopholes.