They waited and waited for something exciting to happen.

他们等啊等啊，等待着激动人心的事情发生。

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Let's do something exciting.

让我们做一些激动人心的事吧。

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They are waiting for something exciting.

他们在等待着激动人心的事情。

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The expression also means a great show of noisy anger, or something exciting.

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So here, there's always something new to do, which is really exciting,

但在这里，总有新奇的事情可做，让人非常兴奋。

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"You know, special sections and things so every 3,4,or 5 years you can do something new and exciting and that's every appealing to me.

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Again, I turn to Chicago as a place where something exciting and innovative is happening.

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Something exciting is happening at Nokia - a new confidence and renewed interest.

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THERE'S SOMETHING exciting about turning paper into confetti the physical destruction of annoying documents and the psychological catharsis of purging.

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