Usually it was something small, but I just needed to buy it.

通常是一些小东西，但我就是需要买它。

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"My favorite part about this project was that one person could start something small and then the project could grow and have a big influence on the community," Claire said.

克莱尔说：“我最喜欢这个项目的一点是，一个人可以从小事开始，然后他的项目可以不断发展，逐渐对社区产生很大的影响。”

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Even if it's something small.

即使是些小事情。

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This is frying something quickly in a small amount of oil or butter.

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And actually, a question that might come up, I just explained, the sodium channel, you might say, well, how do potassium channels work then, because I can understand how you can filter something big out, but how do you filter out something small.

实际上，可能大家会问一个问题，我刚解释过，钠离子通道，你可以说，好吧，那么钾离子通道该如何起作用呢，因为我可以理解你是如何把大东西过滤掉的，但是你如何把小东西过滤掉呢？

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We just go to different places and buy something small.

我们只是去不同的地方，买些小东西来吃。

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"I'll go to RadioShack for a component or a connector, something small, " Gold says.

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He said he hoped the next step would be a demonstration mission to capture something small.

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And calorie-conscious consumers, newly refreshed from their 2011 vows, might actually have something small to cheer about.

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