I'm glad you read the riot act to Billy. He's still a kid and still needs to be told what to do.

我很高兴你向比利提出了不良行为警告。他还是个孩子，还是需要有人指导。

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So,I said to myself, it would be a simple, harmless act to help him as much as I could.

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These are primarily communication systems which act to allow your other organ systems to work in concert.

正是这些基本的通讯系统,保证了体内各系统的协调工作

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Honestly, you are going to want to look like money, smell like money and act like money.

说实话，你要穿得像个有钱人，散发有钱人的气息，表现得很有钱。

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He will act to foster links between scholars in the region with related research interests.

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Education, Lifelong and Skills Minister Jane Davidson said Mr Clarke "will be an extremely hard act to follow".

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The Department of Justice should have no objections based on Clayton Act to Microsoft killing Nook.

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