They are external things.

它们是身外之物。

youdao

We need to continue to be entertainment, led by the nose by external things.

我们不断需要被娱乐，被外在的事物牵着鼻子走。

youdao

All these external things soon weigh us down, and thereby we lose the joy of living.

所有这些外部的事情很快压得我们喘不过气来，使我们失去了生活的喜悦。

youdao

Frankly, my own feeling about this is that we have a pause in the relationship, and it has nothing to do with external things like Syria or others, but more maybe with the difficult political season in the U.S. So do you expect real progress in any areas this year?

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My approach to life required me to believe that many of the bad things that happened to me were brought on by external events, things which I could not control.

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This makes them better portfolio managers, in the sense that they see things that external investors miss.

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