To get things down, not to show your shining points.

试着把事情做好，而不是炫耀自己。

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I can get down to nitpicking detail, I am pretty fussy about certain things.

我会挑剔细节，而且对某些事情我会相当吹毛求疵。

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If things get too hard at home, see if you can stay with a friend or relative until things calm down.

如果家里情况太糟，看看你能不能到朋友或亲戚家借住一段时间，直到家里情况安定下来。

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I think that his deadpan way of bringing things down to earth when they get a little too highfalutin' involves the skill of a genuine stand-up comic.

我认为他是真的有漫画人物的效果,当他总是面无表情的’,让那些过分骄傲的人回归现实。

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you get more of...you already have things that you want to talk about, going in, sitting down to dinner.

你会得到更多……走进去，坐下来吃顿饭的同时，你已经想好要聊哪些话题了，

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If you can't hold your job down, you can't get the money Ultimately, most of the negative things on that list were instrumentally bad.

无法工作就赚不到钱,最终名单上多数消极的东西,都归结为坏的利用价值。

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During a hurricane, things can get down right out of control.

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They could get involved if things break down.

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Remember that you and your Tech Leads (lead engineers) may know of a million things to get you all down, but the rest of your team is likely not exposed to all of that.

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