That is about as brief a history of computers as anyone can make it.

每个人都能写这样一部计算机简史。

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It is embracing a role that your little boy, who was with you for all-too-brief a time, showed you that you were ready for - in heart and in soul.

你的小孩与你在一起的时间太短，他向你显示出，你已经在内心里为正在接受一个角色做好了准备。

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With a brief, almost peremptory gesture he pointed to a chair.

用一个简短、近乎霸道的手势他指向一张椅子。

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Italian Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa immediately made a brief address to parliament, saying this was a very painful moment.

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So here is a brief and very biased history of engineering.

现在我对工程史做一个的简略,还有一点偏心的介绍

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Sure. So the first year in law school, we have to write a brief and then argue it in front of a judge.

好。在法学院的第一年，我们要写一篇辩护状，并在法官面前论证。

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This morning, he must brief a group of volunteers who are about to deliver leaflets in the area.

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At the bottom of the pile there is the sad tale of Palm -- the hottest tech company on the planet for far too brief a time.

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We will brief a certain number of members of Congress.

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