Novels and poems are read in a prescribed temporal sequence, whereas a picture has no clear place at which to start viewing, or at which to finish.

人们会按既定的时间顺序阅读小说和诗歌，但一幅画却没有明确的让人开始或结束欣赏的地方。

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You now have a basic mind map of your meeting. This is a clear overview of your meeting from start to finish.

现在你有了会议的思维导图基础，从开始到结束有了一个清晰的概要。

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But you usually have to clear the table when you finish!

不过通常用完餐后，你得把自己餐盘从餐桌上端走。

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It was left to Howson to put the icing on the cake, running clear to finish with aplomb.

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Holmes ran a tactically perfect race to finish clear of France's Hind Dehiba and Russia's Svetlana Cherkasova.

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But it's not at all clear it will finish it.

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