Have a pad and pencil ready and jot down some of your thoughts.

准备一本便笺簿和一支铅笔，迅速地记下你的一些想法。

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I took a pad and lay on it.

我拿了一个垫子，躺在了上面。

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The child asked his mother for a pad.

这个小孩向他妈妈要了个垫子。

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With a roar, it began to rise slowly from the launch pad.

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PRESIDENT OBAMA: "I think Afghanistan is still winnable, in the sense of our ability to ensure that it is not a launching pad for attacks against North America.

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The first launch attempt was postponed after technicians discovered a hydrogen leak while the ship was on the launch pad.

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Reporters were allowed to come in and just carry a pen and a pad.

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One such nationalist was Kasit Piromya, a PAD ideologue who is now Thailand's foreign minister.

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Have a list of questions ready to go and a pad and pen for note-taking.

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