It was on a bookshelf about forty miles away from where Crowley and Aziraphale were enjoying a rather good lunch and, metaphorically, it had just begun to tick.

它就放在一个书架上，距离正在享受美味午餐的克鲁利和亚茨拉菲尔大约四十英里的地方。它刚刚开始倒计时。

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At the same time, skydiving can be regarded as a sport and life experience, a lot of small partners to experience skydiving, may be just once, in his life will make a tick on the list.

同时呢，跳伞可以当做是一种运动和人生的体验，很多小伙伴来体验跳伞，可能只是一次，在自己人生必做清单上打个勾。

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It seems just a slip of a thing, apedant's tick, a blip on the edge of our consciousness, a kind of printer's smudge almost.

它似乎只是一个小撇，书呆子手下的一个小点儿，是我们意识边缘上的一个记号，甚至排字工人沾上的一点污。

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"not just register with the government or tick off themselves as a number.

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