After looking at the potted plant next to me for five minutes in an effort to avoid eye contact, I started looking around.

于是为了避免和人对视，我盯着身旁的一棵盆栽足足看了五分钟。

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Here are five ways experts recommend you can avoid overdoing it on one of the greatest food days of the year - while still leaving room for dessert.

这里是专家们推荐的五个方法，它们可以使你避免在这个一年里最盛大的美食节里超标，还能让你给点心留下些空间。

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For example, if he snarls when you arrive just five minutes late to work or make one typo on a memo, avoid these slipups no matter how trivial they seem.

比如，他为了你上班仅迟到5分钟或打错了一个字便大发雷霆，那么你就要尽量避免这类疏忽，不论它们看起来多么微不足道。

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