我迟到了，不过幸好会议还没有开始。

I was late, but fortunately the meeting hadn't started.

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那是我这个星期第三次迟到了—不过，嘿—谁管它呢。

That's the third time I've been late this week—but hey!—who's counting?

《牛津词典》

你已经得到了这份工作。面试不过是个形式。

You've got the job. The interview will be a mere formality.

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So that's sort of what's going on but it really does affect how we behave, even, in a concert.

大概就是这样,不过这的确影响到了我们的行为,即使在音乐会上

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Spirit is merely a kind of bodily form of energy, and God at the beginning of time infused this energy into the entirety of the material world at the Creation.

灵魂不过是能量的一种物质形式，上帝在时间之始创世纪之际将这能量,注入到了整个物质世界之中。

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I don't know whether it's easier for gentlemen or not because our voices are sort of in the bass, but maybe this is payback time since ladies are always singing the melody.

我不知道是否男人更容易唱出低声部，因为我们的嗓音本来就低，不过这也可能是女士们报复的时间到了，她们总是得唱旋律。

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