But to a new generation of high-speed communicators, a tweet describes a message sent through a popular new service.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

We give lip service to the claim that we're going to die, but at some level, we don't really believe it.

口头上相信我们会死一事，在某种程度上，我们并不真正相信。

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but in relation to the other schools, we're very much focused on government service

但是相比其它的学院，我们更关注政府服务，

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But twitterers also use the service to get quick answers to questions or to get breaking news.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

But then, they would also need to buy into an entire service army of people to figure out how to use it.

但之后他们也需要买入整个,服务团队的人来研究怎么用它。

斯坦福公开课 - Twitter之父Jack.Dorsey演讲：好奇和灵感的力量课程节选

But many people think it is worth the cost to enjoy fine food and service.

VOA: special.2009.08.19

Typically, the youngest guys are twenty, and typically the oldest guys are 45, but everybody was liable to military service in these states until they were about 60.

一般来说,最年轻的二十岁,最年长的四十五岁,但是在有些城邦中,六十岁以下的人都能参军

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

But service members can be discharged if they are found to be homosexual.

VOA: special.2010.10.23

We set up--this is not a new idea, this goes back to China thousands of years ago, but it started to be widely done-- So you had a Civil Service exam that established your competence.

我们建立了，这不是什么新主意，可以追溯到几千年前的中国，但这次开始广泛地实施开来-,你得参加公务员考试来考核你的能力。

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But its power to regulate Internet service has been questioned in the courts.

VOA: special.2010.08.20

But telephone service is a recognized area for the agency to regulate.

VOA: special.2010.05.21

The young men were refused service but they refused to leave.

VOA: special.2010.01.29

But the business must directly provide a service to students.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

Stogel took his car back to the dealer, but he says the service manager was unable to give him answers.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

But in the absence of any service, we have found that it is able to remove that barrier in some cases."

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

But last month,two senators, presented a plan that calls for illegal immigrants to pay back taxes and perform community service in order to gain legal status.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

But a private group says America's service sector continues to languish.

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

Some fire chiefs in California say that residents should always be encouraged to evacuate, but Naomi Brown, from the Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council, says installing effective early warning systems is the key.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

That is a promise that I make to you,". The president did not specifically mention Afghanistan in his talk to the troops, but he is expected to send thousands more service members to fight there.

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

I think it is one of the things that we can be proud of, but my view is that has to be informed consent and I think one of the problems with the way the police service has operated up to now is that the discussion about tactics and strategy has been an internal discussion in the profession and I think the police service needs to be better at having that discussion with the public to whom they are accountable."

VOA: standard.2009.04.21