They also get irritated and impatient with the timidity of the men who take an age to summon the nerve to ask them out.

她们也会对那些花了很长时间的才鼓起勇气向她们的表白的男人的胆怯而生气和失去耐心。

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The weird thing was that sometimes the Z990 would execute commands straight away and other times it seemed to take an age.

奇怪的是有时候Z990执行命令很快，但有时候有非常慢。

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Central Banks can adjust their policy Settings swiftly to shifts in the business cycle, but politicians can take an age to agree upon and implement changes to taxes and to public spending.

各央行可以快速调整其政策设置来适应商业周期的转变，而政客们在税收和公共开支的变革方面达成一致并实施要花很长的时间。

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Rod Lewis was the son of an Air Force pilot, and from an early age he could take an engine apart and put it back together.

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