I have taken some medicine, but it just doesn't help.

我吃了一些药，但一点用也没有。

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You can imagine that when Maori first arrived in the new country, in New Zealand, it may have taken some time to find suitable materials for their kites.

你可以想象，当毛利人第一次来到新西兰这个新国家的时候，他们可能花了一些时间才找到适合制作轻帆的材料。

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Now you are starting to get somewhere. You have taken some steps.

现在你开始往哪里去。

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There are questions about how much Army officials knew about Major Hasan's alleged foreign contacts and political leanings, and whether they could have taken some action that might have prevented the massacre.

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and have taken some actually pretty strong action

他们的行动还是十分有力的，

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I've talked to some of our students who have taken jobs at investment banks and sometimes I think they're probably too demanding.

我曾经和一些,工作在投行的学生谈过话,有时我觉得他们太苛刻了。

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And Secretary Gates and the commission at the Pentagon have taken some important steps.

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Hong Kong and Singapore governments have taken some action to create high-tech start-up commons.

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That safety net would have taken some of the edge off the piano-wire-tense game against Stanford.

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