These two little words gave him a fresh impulse, and he bent his mind again to his task.

仅仅这两个字就给了他一种新的冲动，他又把心思放在了任务上。

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There were trifles, too, little ornaments, beautiful tokens of a continual remembrance, that must have been wrought by delicate fingers, at the impulse of a fond heart.

还有一些小玩艺儿，一些小小的饰物，以及一些表示持续的怀念的精美的纪念品，想必是一颗爱心冲动之财，用一双纤手制作的。

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And to do that, you should carry around a little pencil and paper all day, and each time you feel the impulse (in this case, to react with anger), mark down a tally.

为了达到这个目的，建议你每天都随身携带一本本子和一支笔，每当你感到即将爆发的时候（也就是要愤怒的做出反应时），记录下来。

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With syncopation the impulse can come suddenly off the beat, and it gives it a little snap or jazzy aspect to the music.

在切分音里,冲动会突然打乱节拍,让音乐听起来突兀,奔放

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She did make up the bed and tidy her own little messes in the kitchen or the bathroom, but in general the impulse to take on any wholesale sweep of housecleaning was beyond her.

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