If a public speaker (like a professor, for example) is all the time fiddling with a pencil, or with his glasses, while he is talking to you, he is telling you quite clearly that he is nervous.

如果一位公开演讲的人，在给你们作报告时，他老是在摆弄一支铅笔或者是摆弄他的眼镜，那么，他这是很清楚告诉你，他心情很紧张。

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It's also a good idea to delay the conversation if you are in a meeting or other public space.

如果你正在会议现场或是在其他公共场所，推迟谈话也是个好主意。

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From the profusion of electronic-text sites available, it looks as if this virtual library is here to stay unless a proposed revision to copyright law takes many publications out of the public domain.

从现有的大量电子文本网站来看，除非版权法的修订提案将许多出版物排除在公共领域之外，否则这个虚拟图书馆似乎将继续存在。

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But public health officials have also had to consider the risks if the public overreacts to a pandemic declaration.

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If you're a hedge fund, you're not for the public -you're not approved for investing by the public.

对冲基金并不面向公众,无法获得面向公众募资的权利

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If you're a public company it means that you've gone through the procedures at the SEC to be approved as a public company.

一家上市公司,是通过证交会的审查程序,而被批准为上市公司的

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If a public debate about the morality of suicide were to develop out of the euthanasia debate, how might it proceed?

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Here's some investment advice: If a public company or a top executive of a public company buys one of these teams, dump the stock.

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Second, if a public option does not materialize, a situation many health care observers in Washington expect, insurance companies will be in the driver's seat.

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