Ladies, you wouldn't have to constantly nag someone to take care of the dishes piling up in the sink or take out the trash.

女士们，你不用向某人唠叨，要他收拾堆在洗碗池里的餐具，或倒掉垃圾。

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It can take up to four weeks for the alcohol to dry out completely in an airtight container, and the whole process can take up to three months.

要在密闭容器中完全蒸干酒液滴，需要耗费四周时间；而制作这些图片的整个过程，需要耗费3个月。

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Eight in 10 fathers now take a third of the total 13 months of leave - and 9 percent of fathers take 40 percent of the total or more - up from 4 percent a decade ago.

现在，每十个父亲中就有八个会休到13个月的假期的三分之一，9%的父亲会休到整个假期的40%以上，这比十年前上升了4个百分点。

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"Military experts tell us that it could take up to ten more years to achieve any acceptable outcome in Afghanistan.

VOA: special.2010.07.31

So, what I want to do now is, with that background in mind, I want to take this up and just open up the first few pages.

所以我想要做的事，记着这个背景，我想要打开几页小说。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

And instead of having the electron giving off energy as a photon, instead now the electron is going to take in energy from light and move up to that higher level.

与电子以光子形式施放能量不同,我们现在要从光中,获得能量到一个更高的能级。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

Janet Finch Saunders AM noted the decline in GCSE take up of STEM subjects and the fact that take up at A level has not increased in line with overall A level entries as she called on the government to introduce a programme encouraging highly talented people into STEM subject teaching.

BBC: Debate on science and innovation

We should have known that it wouldn't take long for someone in congress to take up the fight to re-legalize cellphone unlocking.

ENGADGET

But this is -- this isn't a step for us to take, this is a step for the North Koreans to take in living up to -- living up to those obligations.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing