Sarah and I had a great time while the kids were away.

萨拉和我在孩子们不在时度过了一段美好的时光。

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A still picture could only imply the existence of time, while time in a novel passed at the whim of the reader.

"一张静止的照片只是暗示了时间的存在，而小说中的时间则随着读者的幻想而流逝。

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Both these devices worked well in sunny climates; but in northern Europe, the sun may be hidden by clouds for weeks at a time, while temperatures vary not only seasonally but from day to night.

这两种装置在阳光充足的气候条件下工作良好；但在北欧，太阳可能一次被云层遮挡数周，而温度不仅随着季节变化，而且还随着昼夜变化。

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He set a time limit for withdrawal of most American troops from Iraq, while increasing the number of troops in Afghanistan.

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That's why your operating systems and your personal computers often crash for no apparent reason. Just because two things happen to, once in a while, occur at the same time.

这就是为什么你的电脑或者操作系统,经常会毫无预兆的崩溃了,这是因为两件事情正好同时发生了，通常还有人工输入。

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It's been a while since I've been doing that because I haven't had as much free time as I would have liked.

我已经很久没有播报了。因为我最近都没有太多的空余时间。

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And this time, and a very historic time because this time, while there is a change in majorities, for the first time in - I believe it's for the first time, the sergeant at arms is retained from the previous majority.

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Oskar begins his scavenger hunt at the swings of a Central Park playground while remembering a time when his father (Tom Hanks) tried to coax him onto the swings.

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Kang worked as a secondary designer at a boutique while Yoon passed time at a conglomerate.

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