One way to mark time is to imagine it carries a clock as it moves, and put markers every second.

标记时间的一种方法是,想像它带着时钟运动,并且每秒做一次标记

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He was motionless, all but for one finger that moved up and down in front of his face as if he were marking time with it.

他一动也不动，除了一根手指在他的面前上下摆动,好像在用它标记时间。

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And then there's some other flags, and we won't spend too much time on these here.

这里还有一些其他的标记，我们不会花很多时间在这些上。

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