I wound up the watch and listened to it tick.

我给手表上好发条，听着它滴答作响。

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This is a pretty early tick, I reckon.

我想，这是一只较早的扁虱。

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Can I have these on tick ?

我可以赊购这些东西吗？

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"I just do not get what makes the Tea Party tick."

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To try to make up for the time lag, the two European companies have set up research offices in Japan and routinely conduct market surveys to understand what makes i-mode tick and, by extension, how consumers might react to high-speed Net access from their phones.

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However, by Friday morning, having watched the Thursday rout, tick by tick, I was out.

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Am I giving the NY Giants app a shout-out because I want to royally tick off Eagles, Cowboys Redskins and Jets fans?

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