The question surprised him, and it was a minute before he found his speech.

这个问题使他吃了一惊，过了一会儿他才找到话来回答。

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Take a minute before you meet other people. Check your appearance and breathe out gently to remove tension.

在和别人见面之前花上一分钟，整理下自己的仪表，平缓地呼气以消除紧张感。

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If your first reaction is to lash back at the person giving the criticism, or to become defensive, take a minute before reacting at all.

如果你的第一反应是对批判你的人予以反击，或者变得充满防御性，请稍等一会再作出反应。

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Before beginning the show, director Dadi Pudumjee asked the audience to observe a minute of silence to honor the actors and puppet experts in Japan who may have suffered after last week's major earthquake.

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And I'm going to pause for a minute, before I run it, and ask each of you to compute in your head what you think the answer should be.

我将暂停一会儿，在我运行之前，我想问问你们你们,心算得出的答案应该是什么。

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I was going to say when you first start doing this, even people who have been doing it for a long time still go off on ten-minute daydreams before realizing that their minds were wondering.

我本想说第一次尝试时，但即便是修行多年的人,也会走神十分钟之久,方才意识到自己刚做了白日梦。

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Gabriel Agbonlahor's glancing header restored parity for little more than a minute before Cahill struck again.

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Ipswich were rewarded with the opener a minute before half-time, and it came courtesy of Fallon.

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Jobs spoke for a minute before handing off speaking duties to Apple marketing Chief Phil Schiller.

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