If children who play the piano are smarter, he says, it doesn't necessarily mean they are smarter because they play the piano.

他表示，如果弹钢琴的儿童更聪明，这不一定意味着他们是因为弹钢琴才更聪明。

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Questions like these mean that interest in the psychology of smell is inevitably set to play an increasingly important role for researchers.

诸如此类的问题意味着对嗅觉心理学的兴趣将不可避免地对研究人员起着越来越重要的作用。

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I mean if I could play games, I wouldn't be so bored when we were in traffic.

我是说如果我会玩游戏的话，就不会在堵车的时候这么无聊了。

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So although the New Critics were fed up with philological criticism, I don't mean to be condescending toward it or to suggest that it didn't play a crucially important role in the evolution of literary studies.

所以，虽然新批判主义,对语言学批判主义不满，但是并不是要否认语言学批判主义,在文学研究发展过程中,起到的重要作用。

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I mean, one thing--I play a fair amount of I play a little bit of poker and I'm very interested in the game.

举个例子说，有一件事情-我自己也玩的很多,我会玩一点扑克,而且我对这个游戏非常感兴趣。

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Are you glad? To hell with the play! See what I mean?"

你高兴吗？让让那出戏见鬼去吧！明白我的意思吗？“

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And when I say equal play, I mean very equal: By my rough tally, the ownership-concentration issue takes up about 192 words out of a 923-word story, while the political-reprisal discussion gets 182.

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In contrast, football players are given a mere yellow card (which does not automatically mean leaving play) for a first offence.

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We never really had that problem because once we play them, I mean, people, they come up to us and let us know what they're feeling, you know?

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