You can take a short cut across the field.

你可以抄近道从田里穿过去。

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All candidates will be required to take a short test.

所有候选者都要参加一个小测验。

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You can even take a short rest while the car drives itself.

汽车自动驾驶的时候，你甚至可以短暂休息一会儿。

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"Well,actually I was scheduled to work this morning," . "When I got up at 5:30, I saw on the news that they needed a lot of help, and I called into my job and said I needed to take a short day vacation, because I needed my son to be a part of what was going on."

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It, too, is pretty short, but take a look at what this one does.

它也很短，但先看看,这个是干什么的。

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So the first half of the book of Joshua contains a streamlined, idealized account according to which the Israelites managed in a relatively short period to take the central hill country, confining the Philistines to a little strip here on the coastal plain. We will come to the Philistines in a minute.

因此《约书亚书》第一部分包含了,一种流线行，理想化的叙述，据此,以色列人在相对较短的时期内设法,攫取中央山地，将腓利士人，逼至狭窄条形地带,逼至海岸平原，我们待会儿将要说到腓利士人。

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It is hard to empower managers in a young company where shareholders take a short-term view.

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One way to cope with this unpleasant environment is to take a short position in U.S. Treasurys.

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