The performances of these young people succeeded in bringing a dull play to life.

这些年轻人的表演成功地把一出枯燥的戏变得有声有色。

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When everything is about work we are far less likely to do a good job. And of course, all work and no play, makes Jill a dull girl.

如果我们远离工作，我们不可能把工作干好，反过来，只有工作没有玩耍，也会使得吉尔姑娘变成一个呆滞的姑娘。

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Idealism has a role to play - it can convince us that no matter how misshapen, decrepit, or dull we are, there is someone out there for us.

理想主义有一个作用——它使我们相信，无论我们多么畸形，衰老，或呆滞，总会有人帮助我们。

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Nor does it help that Jamie is so withdrawn as to be downright dull. (Nothing is harder to write than an interesting play about a dull person.) The biggest problem of all is the ending, which feels contrived rather than earned, just as Mark Wendland's picture-puzzle set is too explicitly symbolic of the play's theme.

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With their games, music, videos, social media and texting, smartphones "superstimulate" a desire humans have to play when things get dull, Lynn told CNN in an interview.

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