Rubbing his hands together happily, he mumbled half to himself, "This piece of wood has come in the nick of time."

他高兴地搓着双手，轻声地自言自语地说：“这块木头来得正是时候。”

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Once upon a time there was a piece of wood.

从前有一块木头。

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Every time a woman lost a round of the fighting, she had to take a piece of clothing off.

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Divide and conquer to make our programs modular so we can write them a little piece at a time and understand them a little piece at a time.

我们把程序分解为模块逐个击破,以便我们能一次写一小段,一次理解一点儿，现在我觉得。

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So part of it is trying to give yourself some time And I think the other piece is that it can often be very small thing.

所以说，你要给自己一些时间,另外，就是激发你发现灵性的,可能都是些很小的事情。

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Stanford history professor David Kennedy penned a piece for Time magazine here.

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As the two biggest political parties answer to the same sorts of masters, during short piece of time that politicians are out of campaign mode and are actually governing, there is little difference in policy.

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The major problem, I think, is that this would be a very large piece of time consuming litigation and one never wants to advise individuals to go into litigation without being fully aware of what the possible consequences would be, and you may well find that you could be at risk for legal costs unless you find a financial backer.

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