And it was the wake up call I needed to be more in the moment and actually listen to my son when he's talking, and treat him like he's the important person in my life that he is.

这次觉醒让我明白了，我儿子说话的时候，我要仔细听，要以“他是我非常重要的人”的方式待他，因为他本来就是。

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She prodded him in the ribs to wake him up.

她用手指杵他的肋部把他叫醒。

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She gave him a pinch on the arm to wake him up.

她拧一下他的胳膊把他唤醒。

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One of the most famous of these was when she told readers to "wake up and smell the coffee."

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Whatever excitement they may have entailed in the long run, we feel as we wake up that they go on too long.

因为任何刺激的情节放在这么长的梦里，我们醒来都会觉得持续得太久了。

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I mean, it will wake us up in the morning. It will be the color of a beautiful bird.

我是觉得，那样的颜色会让我们在早上惊醒。它会是一只漂亮的鸟的颜色。

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Sadly as much as I would like to think that the measures that the government and banks have implemented will help our economy, I believe that a recession is unavoidable as the wake up call has been profound.

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The wake up calls have rung.

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The big wake up call by the FRB may be just months away.

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