To start things off, I think what we need to do is consider a definition.

首先，我认为我们需要仔细考虑一个定义。

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The way we start things we never finish.

我们做事情有头没尾。

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Don't be afraid to start things - anything.

不要害怕开始任何事。

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I'm 48 years old. In the New Year, I just hope things start to get right again.

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Now as soon as we start talking about things like the dominant, we are also aware of the evanescence of dominance.

说到支配性，我们就必须认识到支配并不是不变的。

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In part because one of the things were trying to accomplish is to have you folks start noticing ambiguities in problem statements.

我们一直想要你们注意到,问题陈述中的不明确性,因为这就是生活中的计算。

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But there's no question that the movie helped kick-start things again.

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Indeed, the name itself was a manifestation of the confusion: nobody could decide if they wanted to use it to join things or to start things.

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This month, we start things off with a visit to Santa Cruz, where UCSC professor emeritus David Cope has spent decades developing classical music composing computer programs, work he began after one particularly bad bout with writer's block.

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