A good deal of my time is taken up with driving the children to soccer games.

我的许多时间都用在开车送孩子们去参加足球比赛。

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It's taken a long time to break out of my own conventional training.

摆脱我自己的传统训练花了很长一段时间。

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She said:"Most of my free time was soon taken up with Korean things.

她说：“我大部分的空闲时间都用来接触一些关于韩国的东西。

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I'm not--it's not my goal here to argue for or against these theological possibilities, having at least taken the time to explain philosophically how we could make sense of them.

我的目的不是想要争辩,这些神学上的可能，花时间来从哲学上解释,我们如何弄清这些道理。

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All that said, I still stand by the fact that if my husband had taken the time to watch that instructional DVD that came with the product, then I am certain he would have LOVED IT!

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And all of you know -- (applause) -- and she's not just working here, but she has taken the time to travel with me on my special projects.

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Hence the time I had stopped working, I had taken time to learn about all the critical elements of business as I had learnt my lesson the hard way.

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