Other major signs of success for modern women were achievements such as being a great mum, being able to lend cash to your friends - and having a partner who would rather be with you than his friends.

现代成功女性的其他重要标志则和成就有关，比如是一位好母亲、能借钱给朋友，以及有一位更愿意陪伴你而不是和朋友玩乐的伴侣。

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Why, in other words, will you be settling for a secret affair with a friend, rather than an open relationship? What does she lack that you don't want to go all the way?

或者这么说好了，为什么要放弃一种公开的朋友关系而选择与朋友有外遇了，这么做有什么好处呢？

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By allowing that negative emotion the space to be truly felt, you are dealing with the emotion rather than stuffing it down and trying not to feel it.

通过给自己空间去真正感受消极情绪，实际上你是在处理这种情绪，而不是将其强行压制下去然后尽量不去理会。

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They mean to be saying rather,even if there are others around you, even if there are others with you,dying is something that you're doing alone.

他们是要说，即使身边有他人的存在，即便身旁有其他人，你还是在孤独中死亡。

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I'd rather go and if you're going to be stubborn i'd rather go see Bourne Ultimatum with you than not go on a date at all.

如果你固执己见毫不动摇的话,那我就陪你去看《谍影重重》吧,这总比约会失败要好吧

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You know, would you rather be sitting with the League of Polish Families, UKIP or in the same group as the formally fascist Italian National Alliance.

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Would you rather it be the minutiae of your job or time with your baby?

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Rather than talk with a high-pressure insurance agent, you might be tempted to simply start plugging numbers into one of the many life insurance needs calculators out there on the Internet.

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