They start on Thursday and go through a Monday cycle.

从周四开始到下周一是一个循环

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So you know your cycle, you know, you could have a whole complicated sequence on a p v diagram of steps going back.

因此，对某一的循环过程，可以在pV图上画出,一系列很复杂的小步骤。

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