All this presupposes one essential detail, says Atholl Anderson, professor of prehistory at the Australian National University: the Lapita had mastered the advanced art of sailing against the wind.

澳大利亚国立大学的史前学教授阿索尔·安德森表示，这一切都以一个重要的细节为前提：拉皮塔人已经掌握了逆风航行的高级艺术。

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In the whirlwind of everyday life, we often forget one essential thing: Having fun from time to time.

在不断变化的每一天中，我们总是忘了一件最基本的事情：让自己的生活充满乐趣。

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Thus they passed the minutes, each well knowing that this was only waste of breath, the one essential being simply to wait.

他们就这样说了几分钟的话，每个人心里都知道，他们那番话是白费口舌，根本的办法只有耐心等待。

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It can be honed but those are some of the skills for a consumer internet company and one that is growing this quickly that is just essential.

是可以通过磨练而得的,但是对于增长如此迅速的,客户导向型互联网公司来说,有一些技能是不可习得的。

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So, they've lost one of the essential characteristics of these cells that are the same that I talked about earlier.

所以红细胞已经失去了,先前我讲过的,细胞共同属性之一

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It's not one of my essential properties that I'm a person.

作为一个人不是我的基本性质之一。

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One essential question is whether the bank's role would go beyond monitoring to providing financial assistance.

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If there is one essential element, it is most definitely a good ras el hanout.

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So far, his government, like its two predecessors, has managed to provide one essential precondition for improvement: macro-economic stability.

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