This fools me into avoiding being three minutes late for meetings, or the train – well, more often than not – and instead being two minutes early.

这种自欺欺人的办法，让我避免因为晚3分钟而无法赶上会议或火车——我经常如此——相反还能提前2分钟。

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For United, who have won ten and drawn one of their past 11 matches in all competitions, avoiding defeat would be more than satisfactory, but for Liverpool three points are imperative.

对曼联来说，他们在过去的11场正式比赛中10胜1平。不输球就行。但对利物浦来说3分很重要。

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