When motivation and desire fade away or take a leave of absence our habits automate us in a preprogrammed direction.

当动机和愿望逐渐淡去的时候，我们的习惯自动引导我们去预定的方向。

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He wanted me to take a leave of absence from the law school, come to work, and help him recruit some other good young lawyers.

他要我向法学院请假，到他那里工作，同时帮助他招募其他一些优秀的年轻律师。

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We are due to leave Folkestone in about five minutes and a journey to Boulogne will take approximately two hours.

我们预计将在五分钟内离开福克斯通，前往布洛涅大约需要两个小时。

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The plan calls for Iran to send uranium abroad for enrichment, but Tehran countered with conditions to what was presented as a take-it-or-leave-it proposition.

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You can adjust those grades, let's leave it until next week and we can take it at a leisurely pace.

你可以更正你的成绩，让我们一直延续到下周,我们可以在一个休闲的地方。

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Next time I'm actually going to take this a bit further but I'm going to leave this game behind and look at other ways in which we could study imperfect competition using Game Theory.

下一讲我们讲得会更深入一些,但下一讲我们不讲这个案例了,我们用其他博弈方法研究不完全竞争

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That is why some working parents feel worried when they actually do take a leave.

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McRory told the Tyrone county board that he wanted to take a leave of absence from the job because of health problems.

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They actually envied those who could take a leave due to work injury, while casually joking about how their station's been toxicated.

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