Dan's book validated the decision to go free agent, giving me the courage to make the decision part of a permanent, life-altering course.

丹的书让我下了决心，即当一名自由职业者，并鼓励我做出这项长久的、改变生活的事业的决定。

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With Chris Mihm playing in Chicago for the first time this season, very few media seemed to remember that he could've been Chicago's big free agent signing had Joe Smith decided to go elsewhere.

今年，当克里斯·米姆第一次做客芝加哥时，似乎很少媒体记得他曾经是芝加哥要签下的大个子自由球员，也不记得这导致乔·斯密斯决定远走。

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If they fail there, the Lakers will go after Houston's Carl Landry on the free-agent market.

如果湖人不能如愿，那么湖人将在自由市场“追求”休斯敦的兰德里。

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Free-agent contracts can last just seven years, but clubs can go to eight years to re-sign their own players.

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He can become a free agent after the World Series, and Boras prefers his clients to go free to increase their values.

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Silicon Valley pretty much invented the "free agent" model of hiring for new skills rather than training and letting workers go once those skills aren't needed.

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