我们都花了不少时间，对安吉和她的生活方式啧啧地表示了反对。

We all spent a lot of time tut-tutting about Angie and her lifestyle.

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他们说，节省这笔开支是值得的，尽管采购它花了不少时间。

They said the saving in expense made it worthwhile even though sourcing it took quite a bit of time.

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工程师们花了不少时间在这上面。

Engineers learn this over time.

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And so, just a lot of hard work and a lot of time at the golf course in the summer.

所以，夏天时，一直努力练习，在高尔夫球场花了不少时间。

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So I have n operations log n times, n log n there we go, n log n. Took us a long time to get there, but it's a nice algorithm to have.

所以我log，n遍的n次操作，就得到了,虽然花了不少时间得到了这个结论。

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