His heart missed a beat when he saw her.

在见到她的一刹那，他的心跳顿了一下。

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The pianist missed a beat when playing the piano on the stage in the Grand Theater last night.

这位钢琴家昨晚在大剧院的舞台上弹钢琴时漏了一个节拍。

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If you dwell on mistakes and missed opportunities from the past you probably find you beat yourself up a bit over it.

如果你一味的想着过去犯得错误或者错失的机会，这可能更加会打击你自己。

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Then that afternoon, my heart missed a beat when I saw the much awaited email from my cousin pop up on my computer screen.

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He missed more than a month but the Penguins hardly missed a beat, going 9-4 in his absence, including a 5-0 romp in the series-opener Wednesday.

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Flying in the teeth of an unprecedented slump in commercial aircraft and strict budgetarians at the Pentagon, this Cedar Rapids, Iowa company hasn't missed a beat.

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