A numerical readout lit up. It was two point something something. 2.8955. Almost three seconds.
一个数字读出器亮了起来。是二点几几。2.8955。将近三秒。
It might be something like that, a tiny something that one would set down like a couple of elements.
这类似于很小的事情，有人会把它们像一系列元素一样列出来。
I believe that something, something is waiting for me there, and I have to work hard to prove myself.
我相信有一些东西在那里等着我，而我必须努力去证明我自己。
You can use "make sure" to declare that you want something or something needs to be done.
你可以用“makesure”来声明想要某东西或某事必须做到。
Let's say you feel like you're asking your boss for something very simple, something you deserve.
假设你想向老板要求一件非常简单的事情，一样你应得的东西。
All the ski runs are carefully marked. And if there is something that might be dangerous, like a cliff or something, then they often put a fence around it.
所有的滑雪道都有清楚地标示出来。而且如果有什么危险的，像是悬崖或什么的，他们通常会在附近围上栅栏的。
A supplement, he points out, is something that either completes something that isn't complete or adds to something that already is complete.
他指出，一个补充物，要么是补充了不完整的事物，要么补充了已经完整的事物。
We eat while watching TV, we munch on something at our desk at work, we crunch on something while driving and drink something while reading or waiting.
看电视时吃点小零食，工作时嘴里嚼嚼东西，开车时吃点东西，阅读或者等候时也会来点喝的。
When they say something silly or do something ridiculous, there is always the Internet to spread the news in minutes and keep their "story" alive forever.
一旦他们说了一些愚蠢的话、或做了一些荒诞的事，网络总是能在瞬息间把这件事传遍，他们的“黑历史”也就永远无法抹去了。
Of course, you may feel sorry if you like doing something without thinking like sending an angry email or posting something bad on social media.
当然，如果你喜欢做一些不用思考的事情，比如发一封愤怒的邮件或在社交媒体上发布一些不好的东西，你可能会感到后悔。
Our phones are like cigarettes—something to do when we're anxious, bored or when our fingers need something to toy with.
我们的手机就像香烟，当我们感到焦虑、无聊或者手指想要摆弄些什么的时候，它就能派上用场。
If we value something not as a means to something else, but for its own sake, let us say that it has "intrinsic value".
如果我们重视某物不是因为把它看作达成其他目标的手段，而是因为它本身，我们就说它有“内在价值”。
Maria said she had brought something special for papa and mamma, something they would be sure to like, and she began to look for her plumcake.
玛丽娅说她给爸爸、妈妈带来了一样特别的东西，一样他们肯定会喜欢的东西，然后她开始寻找她的葡萄干蛋糕。
A child's ability to become deeply absorbed in something, and derive intense pleasure from that absorption, is something adults spend the rest of their lives trying to return to.
孩子能够全神贯注于某件事，并从中获得强烈的快乐，这是成年人终生都想要重新获得的一种能力。
The spoken word can handle various vital functions: persuading or inspiring, informing, paying tribute, entertaining, or simply introducing someone or something or accepting something.
口语可以发挥各种重要的作用：说服或鼓舞人心、传达信息、表达敬意、娱乐，或者简单地介绍某人或某物或接受某物。
For most thinkers since the Greek philosophers, it was self-evident that there is something called human nature, something that constitutes the essence of man.
对于自希腊哲学家以来的大多数思想家来说，有一种叫做人性的东西是不言而喻的，它构成了人的本质。
Plutarch is suggesting something slightly different, something a bit closer to Marcus Cicero's claim that one should "criticize by creation, not by finding fault."
普鲁塔克的建议略有不同，这一建议与马库斯·西塞罗的主张更为接近，即一个人应该“通过创作而非吹毛求疵来进行批判”。
When you get a bagel, it used to be you'd get something this size, and now you get something that's really, really much bigger.
当你买百吉饼的时候，过去你会买到这么大的，而现在你买到的真的要大得多。
Make something yummy, like popcorn or a cup of special herb tea, to make reading time something your daughter looks forward to.
做些美味的食品，比如说爆米花或一杯特别的香草茶，使你女儿更加期待阅读时光。
Suppose you are in a room with someone you don't know and something within you says "I want to talk with this person" — this is something that mostly happens with all of us.
假设你和一个你不认识的人在同一个房间里，你内心的声音会说“我想和这个人聊聊天”——这是我们大多数人都会遇到的情况。
For example, choose a topic about something you like, such as something that interests you or someone who is close to you.
例如，选择一个你喜欢的话题，比如你感兴趣的话题或你亲近的人。
Yes; then something better, something still grander, will surely follow, or wherefore should they thus ornament me?
是的；然后一定会有更好的，更美的事情到来，不然他们为什么要这样装饰我呢？
The future is something we create, but not something we enter.
未来是由我们创造的，但不是由我们进入的。
It's not something you can give; it's something they have to build.
这不是你能给予的东西；这是他们必须要建立的东西。
It will help you to move past something bad and discover something new about yourself and possible new interests.
这将帮助你走出糟糕的事情，发现自己新的一面和可能的新兴趣。
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