It is a foolish idea, no doubt, but it passes the time pleasantly.

我知道这是个愚蠢的念头，不过却让我的时间过得很愉快。

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Ralph Touchett: Pain's deep... but it passes, after all. It's passing now but love remains.

拉尔夫·塔奇特：深沉的痛苦——但是毕竟，痛苦过去了，现在，爱还留着。

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You might feel like there's a huge mass of time ahead of you, but it passes much faster than you think.

你可能以为还可以活好久，但时间过得比你想的快。

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We won't come back to it at least for the moment, but you see that it's mercifully short, and as time passes we will do some rather interesting tricks with it.

至少我们这节课用不上，看，这篇故事很短，过一段时间我们会针对它做一些很有趣的练习。

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This practice raises money and fosters some accountability, but it passes up the huge potential benefits that strategic investors can bring.

ECONOMIST: Asian privatisation

And the real problem is that in the out years, not only does it increase spending in taxes, but it passes on to our children a government that can't be afforded, and that's a big problem.

NPR: Sen. Gregg: Obama's Budget Has 'Serious Problems'

But whether it passes or fails may not matter much.

ECONOMIST: A distinct society, perhaps becoming less so