I thought he was saying that it was time for him to leave the house, but in fact he told me that I should take on a bigger role in the family from then on.

我猜他在说他是时候离开家了，但实际上他告诉我，从那以后我应该在家里承担更重要的角色了。

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Take something from someone's office and leave them a ransom note.

从别人的办公室里拿走点什么，并留下一封勒索信。

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Take away phones and pagers from employees who rarely leave the office or travel on company business.

从很少离开办公室或很少出差的员工那里收回手机和寻呼机。

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It can take from twenty minutes to more than two hours for them all to leave.

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But Nares met many families along the way who didn't have such support: Single moms forced to take leave from jobs without pay, kids having to ride the bus alone to their chemotherapy appointments, siblings left home alone.

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Popular wisdom advises that you take a look at your retirement planning regularly to be sure everything is on-track for that fated day in the future when you turn in your final resignation and take your leave from the money-making world.

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He had to give up playing tennis and take a medical leave from Bentley University in Waltham Mass.

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