At first she tried to take charge of the meeting but I soon put her in her place.

起初她很想主持会议，但我很快就把她轰下来了。

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Frank put the first plank down and nailed it in place.

弗兰克放下第一块木板，把它钉到位。

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They always put the country and people in the first place.

他们总是把国家和人民放在第一位。

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So, you can imagine, that we'll actually probably have a lot of kinetic energy left over if we put a lot of energy in in the first place.

因此，可以想象，如果我们一开始,就注入大量的能量,那么得到的动能也应该很大。

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The other approach is to fly more slowly, and thus put less strain on the components in the first place.

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By busting cartels, he risks upsetting the constituencies that put him in charge in the first place.

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