I believe in certain instances that biting off more than I could chew worked out to my advantage.

我相信，在某些情况下，不切实际的目标更能激发我的潜力。

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Aeronautical station a land station in the aeronautical mobile service. In certain instances, an aeronautical station may be located on board ship or on a platform at sea.

航空电台航空移动通信业务中的一种陆地电台。某种情况下，航空电台可以安置在船上或海上平台上。

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So, let's take a look at one of these rows in more detail to think about why this might be happening, and it turns out the reason that these glitches occur are because the sub shell structure predominates in certain instances, and that's where these glitches take place.

那么，让我们仔细地看一看其中一行,想一想为什么会这样，结果是这些小偏差的出现,是因为在一定情况下,亚壳层结构会产生重要影响，这正发生在小偏差出现的地方。

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