We all want to get stuff done, whether it's the work we have to do so we can get on with what we want to do, or indeed, the projects we feel are our purpose in life.

我们都希望把事情搞定，不管是那些不得不完成后才能做我们自己想做的工作上的事情，或者那些我们当作是人生目标的事情。

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If your list is still unrealistically long, there is probably some purpose that it is serving beyond making effective decisions on what to do and what not to do.

如果您的列表仍然是不切实际的冗长，那么它可能会在其他的方面发挥作用，这些方面超出了做些什么以及不做什么的有效决定。

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On this level, style is an underground language, from one peer to another, having nothing to do with the site's visitors or purpose.

在这个意义上，风格是一种地下语言，只能在同侪之间传递，和网站的访客或目的无关。

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This is on purpose, because one of the things I hope you have learned to do this semester, is look up things you don't know, and figure out what they do. What they mean.

我举这个程序是有目的的，因为我希望你们这续期能学到,如何去查找你不知道的东西并，且弄懂它,们是干什么的，是什么意思。

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So he expects that if Congress comes back to Washington with a seriousness of purpose, a sense of urgency about the need to do something on the American economy, do something for the American people, they will act quickly -- before Thanksgiving, hopefully -- on jobs and growth.

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