我在我最喜欢的酒吧里，等着比赛开始。

I was in my favourite watering hole, waiting for the game to start.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

我开始练习作者在书中提到的各种实践步骤，并开始反对那些过于忙碌的想法。

I started practicing the various practical steps mentioned by the author in the book, and began to revolt against the very idea of being too busy.

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我的工作日一般在7:30开始。

A typical working day for me begins at 7.30.

《牛津词典》

So I started to talk to the VCs and asking for $10 million at a very, very difficult time in Internet history.

就在互联网历史上最艰难的时期，我开始跟风险投资商接洽，向他们要1000万美元。

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And why I'm hesitating is, in the early days of the 20th century, the Nobels were first given in 1901.

让我犹豫的是，在20世纪的早期，诺贝尔奖在1901年才开始颁发。

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The relationship between the beginning and the end that I have been intimating, in other words, is a relation of death.

我之前一直在提示的,开始和结束的关系，还句话说，是死亡的关系。

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