Even if your own efforts at humor fall short, you might be freeing the long kept humor in others.

即使你自己在提升幽默上的努力没有达到预期的效果，你也可能对别人表现出身上保存已久的幽默感。

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We should be aware that our imagination has this built-in feature, the blind spot, which makes our predictions fall short of reality.

我们应该意识到，我们的想象力拥有这个固有的特征，也就是盲点，这使得我们的预测与现实不符。

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Where do they fall short?

他们的不足又在何处？

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The pledges announced by NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rassmussen fall short of the 10,000 additional troops that Pentagon officials hoped for.

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Because very often,with very good intentions, we may fall short of what we are capable of doing, or in some situations,even hurt more than help.

因为很多时候，即使有很好的意愿，我们的能力还是有限，或在某些情况下，我们带来的伤害多于帮助。

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In other words, set your sights high, knowing you will probably fall short.

换句话说即将目光放远，了解到你可能将会失败。

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Cypress Semiconductor this morning warned that Q4 financial results will fall short of previous estimates.

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"We want the supply of bags in advance so we don't fall short, " he said.

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If ratings fall short of advertiser expectations, Fox will likely have to issue make good ads.

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