We get in shape for events, but not for life.

为了某件事减肥，却不为了生活减肥。

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Hope of another life one must "deserve" or trickery of those who live not for life itself but for some great idea that will transcend it, refine it, give it a meaning, and betray it.

一个人“应得”来生的希望，以及那些不为生而为堂皇理想而活的人的诡计花招，将超越此生，重新定义此生，赋予此生于意义，而最终背叛此生。

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I'm not doing this job for the rest of my life.

我不会一辈子干这种工作。

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She said: "My object in life is not simply to make money for myself or to spend it on myself.

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I haven't seen any good evidence for life after death, so I'm not a believer, and I think death is the end.

关于来世，我从未看到任何可靠的证据，所以我并不相信有来世，我觉得死亡就是终结。

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I lived with Italians and, um, my entire life was not in English, um, for a year, um, which I loved,

我和意大利人住在一起。所以，整整一年的时间，我都没有接触英语。当然，我挺喜欢这样一段经历的。

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New council tenants on the the Isle of Man are being warned their houses are "not for life" under plans to scrutinise residents' incomes.

BBC: Isle of Man council houses 'not for life' warning

Kepler is searching for Earth-like planets around far-flung stars, and the Mars Science Laboratory will sample the Red Planet's geology looking for the building blocks of life - though it will not explicitly look for life itself.

BBC: 'No evidence' for extraterrestrials, says White House

Killick covered the rifle with a jacket but Mr Dunkin said Mr Lothian did not fear for his life as it was not raised, but that Killick was "extremely emotional".

BBC: PTSD soldier Harry Killick stole gun and ammunition