When making an inquiry, keep it brief, specific, reasonable and to the point.

当询盘时，一定要简洁，具体，合理切中要害。

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You may offer a reason for declining, but keep it brief and stick to your decision.

你可以告知不去的理由，但是一定要简短并坚持自己的决定。

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The survey also found that many of the singles (42 percent) prefer to keep the encounter brief, and almost one-third (32 percent) look for a place that makes it easy to end the date quickly.

调查同样发现许多单身人士（42%）更倾向于让约会简单一点，有将近三分之一（32%）的人希望到一个可以让约会快点结束的地方约会。

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If your aging parent is difficult and this is not enjoyable for you, keep it brief, but make it regular.

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The internals provided plenty of power to keep the P3 humming along at a brisk pace during our brief time with it, but we make no guarantees once you start loading up tons of poorly coded apps.

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