The main motivation behind adopting home working was to increase my own productivity, as a single mum to an 11-year-old.

作为一个有11岁孩子的单身母亲，采用在家工作的主要动机是提高我自己的工作效率。

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Until the moment everyone started telling me to mellow out, I had never been tense for a single moment in my life.

直到每个人开始叫我放松那一刻，我一生中还从来没有一刻紧张过。

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From the day you arrive at my house, you need not spend a single penny.

从你到我家的那一天起，你就分文不需花了。

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And then,when my head was well in the room, I undid the lantern just so much that a single thin ray of light fell upon the vulture eye.

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And not a single young person in the room except my son, who was then a teenager who would tag along and see his father testify.

却没有一个年轻人在场,除了我儿子，是当时唯一的青少年,除了他没人跟着父亲参加听证会。

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I've been working with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to create a futures market for single-family homes, which is sort of my connection to the futures industry.

我一直以来和芝加哥商业交易所合作,创建一个适合单一家庭的期货市场,这是我参与期货行业的一种方式

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The breatbeat duo's 12-track album, slated for a late April early May release, is also set to feature last year's download single Thou Shalt Always Kill, previous single The Beat That My Heart Skipped and forthcoming single A Look For The Woman.

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The amalgamation of the single gender schools in my case, did present me with additional social pressures that I had previously not had to deal with in secondary education.

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Both of these pieces have prompted my thinking about what is perhaps the single greatest secret to my own success, not only in business, but also in reaching personal goals in areas such as music and athletics and fitness.

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