The act of persuasion, coming after some sly, charmingly nasty give-and-take between the American and the Londoner at a bar, is a lesson in the seamless blend of acting styles.

之所以会劝说他回去，全是因为在一个酒吧里面两个人的一场关于美国和伦敦你来我往的狡猾辩论，这是一场天衣无缝的混合表演技巧的公开课。

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The book remains at rest or, in physical terminology, in static equilibrium not because there are no forces acting on it but because the forces which do act on it annul one another.

此书处于静止，或者用物理术语来讲处于静力平衡，并不是因为没有力作用在它上面，而是因为作用其上的力彼此互相抵消。

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No one doesn't want to be agile, so there is no cost for people claiming agility and acting however they want to act.

没人不想变得敏捷，人们声称自己敏捷是没有成本的，但他们可以按照他们自己的方式行动。

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He says finding that out will be crucial. "Whether this was an act of terrorism conducted by al-Qaida central or that of a lone wolf acting independently, we will have to wait and see for the investigation and what comes out of that, but we do know that al-Qaida and their affiliates have a crazed obsession in targeting the aviation industry,"

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It is a knowledge of how to act where the purpose of action is acting well.

这是一种如何表现,将动作目的完整诠译的知识。

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While Most, Williams and Ross continue to act or direct, acting work dried up for Moran, who did not return a call from CNN.

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Asness of AQR Capital (who says he is speaking for himself and not his company) says the hedge funds are acting as they should act.

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