In general, the N.B.A. has allowed for a heat-of-the-moment emotional reaction as long as players compose themselves quickly and do not continue to make a scene.

一般来说，只要球员能迅速平静，不再继续大吵大闹，NBA允许激动时刻的情绪反应。

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The groups on deck are thinning out fast, as the passengers go below to enjoy the fearsome novelty of the first night at sea, and to compose themselves to sleep as it were in the hollow of God's hand.

甲板上的人群很快就稀疏起来，多数乘客都回到了船舱，去享受有点惶恐又有点新奇的海上第一夜，他们都睡地很安宁，仿佛是睡在上帝的手心里。

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His method was to organize small ensembles of four or five saxophones and a clarinet and have the students compose some of the music themselves.

他的方法是组建一个只有四、五件萨克斯管和一件单簧管的小乐队，并让学生自已谱一些曲。

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Discipline is only used to give children time to compose themselves.

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But the reason they had to compose themselves, surely, was that by retreating they allowed the offense to execute a play that it had practiced to perfection.

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