Verbally we can go only so far: what lies beyond cannot be put into words because the word is not the thing.
语言上我们只能走这么远，后面的东西无法言说，因为语言不是事物本身。
What makes us psychologically suffering is not the thing itself, but the way we think about things and the stories we make about the matter.
让我们心理上受苦的，不是事情本身，而是我们对事情的想法和围绕着这个事情所编造的故事。
Or perhaps a better word would be what is it to be reminded of something by something else that resembles it but is not the thing it reminds you of.
更恰当一点的说法是，你是如何因为另一个类似的事物，而不是这个事物本身，联想到这个事物的？
You might think nostalgically about the toys you cared about when you were a child, but what is making you smile now is not the thing itself but the memory of it.
你也许会怀念儿时的玩具，但是让你真正会心一笑的往往只是回忆本身而不是某个具体的东西本身。
Waging war at every summons and every time that Utopia desires it, is not the thing for the peoples. Nations have not always and at every hour the temperament of heroes and martyrs.
每当空想愿意变成事实时，那时一声召唤，便立即进行战争，但这不是老百姓的作风，这些民族不是时刻都有着英雄和烈士气质的。
I am not precisely sure how long I stayed frozen in that position, but the next thing I recall is the apparition vanishing before my eyes.
我不能精准地确定我在那个位置上呆了多久，但我记得的下一件事就是那个幽灵在我眼前消失了。
If this kind of thing makes you giggle, the Bottom Clinic is perhaps not for you.
如果这样的事能逗得你咯咯笑的话，臀部诊所也许并不适合你。
The good thing about these younger players is that they are not carrying any excess baggage from less successful times.
这些年轻一些的选手优势在于他们没有背负着来自不太成功的时期的任何包袱。
The nice thing about ancient philosophy as offered by the Greeks is that they tended to see life clear and whole, in a way that we tend not to see life today.
古希腊人提出的古代哲学的好处是，他们倾向于以清晰而完整的方式看待生活，而今天的我们却不愿这样看待生活。
Perhaps a new phrase is needed, one that can bring everyone one big step closer to realizing Du Bois's original, idealistic hope: "It's not the name—it's the Thing that counts."
也许我们需要一个新的短语，它能让每个人向杜波依斯最初的理想主义希望迈进一大步：“重要的不是名字，而是事情本身。”
The first thing every bank will do is study how much money I have and how much debt I have before they decide whether or not to lend me any more money.
每个银行要做的第一件事就是研究我有多少钱，我有多少债务，然后再决定是否再借钱给我。
I started exercising regularly two years ago and went from 253 pounds to a healthy 160 pounds and that is the only thing I did not give up halfway.
两年前，我开始定期锻炼，体重从253磅降至健康的160磅，这是我唯一没有半途而废的事情。
For me, I think that the open internet is not only an important business thing but also a pillar for an open society in the 21st century.
对我来说，我认为开放型网络不仅仅是一个重要的商业因素，也是21世纪开放型社会的支柱。
It's because of their long history of desert living where time is not the first thing to think about.
这是因为它们有在沙漠中生活的悠久历史，在那里时间并不是首先要考虑的事情。
The thing that sets children apart from adults is not their ignorance, nor their lack of skills.
使孩子区别于成年人的不是他们的无知，也不是他们技能的缺乏。
All the good luck is just because Billy did the right thing — returning something that did not belong to him.
所有的好运都是因为比利做了正确的事——把不属于他的东西还了回来。
De Man does not believe this. De Man thinks, on the contrary, that there is such a thing as literariness.
德曼不相信这一点。相反，德曼认为有一种东西叫做文学性。
Some experts will advise you not to tell the partner this thing if your partner is not the strongest person emotionally.
如果你的伴侣不是一个思想最强大的人，一些专家就会建议你不要告诉伴侣这事。
The thing that I really liked about Rory's experiment is that he not only got that classical conditioning going but the fact that he could get them next just to that specific coloured market.
我很喜欢罗里的实验的一点是，他不仅让经典条件反射得以实施，而且事实是，他还能让它们进入特定的颜色市场。
The key thing with any shoe, high or flat, is that it should fit properly, not pinch your toes and have a degree of flexibility.
任何高跟或平底鞋的关键是要合脚，不要夹着脚趾，要有一定的灵活性。
But the answer is not so simple because the startling thing is that the shinbashira actually carries no load at all.
但答案并不那么简单，因为令人吃惊的是，“中心支柱”实际上根本没有承担任何重量。
The great thing about kefir is that it does not require a manufacturing line in order to be produced.
科菲尔的伟大之处在于，它不需要一条生产线就可以生产。
But brain similarity is not the only thing that can result in friendship.
但大脑相似性并不是产生友谊的唯一因素。
In fact, the worst thing is not to do anything.
事实上，最糟糕的事情是不做任何事。
Perseverance is the simplest yet most difficult thing in the world, because everyone can do it, but not everyone will do.
坚持是世界上最简单也是最困难的事情，因为每个人都可以做到，但不是每个人都会做到。
The most important thing is to start studying a few weeks before the exams and not leave it until the night before!
最重要的是在考试的前几周开始学习，不要都拖到考试前一天晚上！
This is not his fault. I am to blame for not having made the whole thing clear to him.
这不能怪他，只怪我没有交代清楚。
Health insurance is not a bad thing, but it is not the only conceivable way to get health care.
健康保险自然不是一件坏事，只是它并不是获得医疗保障的唯一途径。
But it is not the easy thing that you want to make fine Chinese food. Even if you have bought the cookbook, it is not so easy.
但是要做出美味的中餐，即使你有参考书也不是一件容易的事。
It's not really looking at tax rates. It's looking at tax revenue, which is not the same thing.
他们的着眼点不是税率，而是税收收入，两者不是一回事。
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