A writer who gives his mind a break when he should be brainstorming a subject will find other excuses as a project goes along.

同理，明明是该全神贯注思考的时候却让自己的心放大假，在写作期间一定还会不断找借口拖延。

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So the thought crossed his mind: maybe it did not have to end. Maybe he would take a break from college and keep working.

于是一丝念头闪过他的脑海，兴许这一切不必结束，兴许他可以暂时休学继续工作。

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Santa didn't seem to mind. Once or twice he even nodded to me when he left the chair to take his break, disappearing into a door beside the Sunglass Hut.

Santa似乎并不在意。偶尔，在他离开椅子去休息时，甚至会向我点点头，随后消失在太阳镜卖场旁边的一扇门里。

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The Chelsea star said that the international break had helped take his mind off the upheaval at his club where the search for a new manager is underway after Luis Felipe Scolari was sacked on Monday.

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It got into the niche hobby while trying to give his mind a break from stress related to striving for comic success.

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