The ladies spent some time catching up on each other's health and families.

女士们花了些时间聊聊彼此的健康和家庭情况。

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I went to New York last year, and I also spent some time in Washington.

我去年去了纽约，还在华盛顿待了些时间。

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Before we went ahead and dug up the grass, we spent some time thinking about where it would work best.

在我们进行下一步并开始除草之前，我们花了一些时间思考它建在哪里效果最好。

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We spent some time in the lively Bywater and Faubourg Marigny areas to hear local musicians performing in clubs and drinking places.

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The pessimism sort of surprised me. So I spent some time looking for sort of a deeper positive message.

这其中的悲观主义某种程度上使我感到惊讶,我花了些时间寻找蕴含其中的深层的积极信条。

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Sure. So I spent some time over in England, so I know a little bit about how they practice law,

当然。我在英国呆了一阵子，所以我对英国的法律有一些了解，

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We'd love to have spent some time actually using it, but alas it wasn't to be.

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We just won't know the kick it holds until we've spent some time with it.

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