The cruelest part of being an inbetweener is that they rarely get to work on anything they are fans of and what they do get to work on they burn out on quickly.

最残酷的事情在于中间帧动画人几乎不可能得到为自己喜欢的片子画中间帧的机会，他们会很快被分配的工作累垮。

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Because it worked on a slow burn before becoming a hit around the country, many people missed out on seeing the early episodes.

因为这部剧很缓慢地闻名全国，很多人错过了看以前的片段。

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The Harvard admissions office has an essay on its Web site called "Time Out or Burn Out for the Next Generation.

哈佛大学的招生办公室在它的网页上粘贴了这样一篇文章——为了明天是暂停退出还是燃尽青春。

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The Sun Kil Moon version of "Convenient Parking, " from what might be Modest Mouse's best record, 1997's "The Lonesome Crowded West, " definitely gets the song's slow-burn intensity, teasing it out on his acoustic guitar as if over the course of making this record Isaac Brock's high-strung delivery has gotten under Kozelek's skin.

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Phi Mu changing its recruiting strategy is a big deal because they could either crash and burn, or they could come out on top.

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An arsonist tried to burn down a building after being allowed out of prison on a work placement.

BBC: Prisoner Edward Macdonald 'tried to burn down building'