If you wait around long enough, the universe will practically hand stuff to you.

只要你坐在那儿一直干等，宇宙就会把某些东西交到你手上。

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Okay, yes, you're making stuff up, and that's what you do when you create On the other hand, how do you know what kind of birthday presents you Mom would like?

好吧，是的，你的确是在编造，但那就是你创造时做的事情，从另一方面来说，你怎么知道你妈妈会喜欢哪种生日礼物？

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A glossy paper with that kind of story mix, we were certain, was the stuff that would pull the circulation of our magazine upward before we could finish counting fingers on our hand.

良好光滑的纸张，配合这样的故事，我们曾经很肯定这样的杂志能够在我们数完手指之前就把发行量带上去(形容发行量增长很快)。

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Because local output costs more to make than second-hand, imported stuff, the more money that goes into making programmes the better.

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The artisanal dry goods are a mix of local (hand-labelled bottles of upstate maple syrup) and imported (Sicilian anchovies in salt) the stuff gift baskets are made of.

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