It was pleasing to us that we could take an abstract concept such as time and show that it was manifested in body movements.

我们很高兴看到，我们能够把一个抽象的概念，例如时间，用身体动作表现出来。

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It was pleasing to us that we could take anabstract concept such as time and show that it was manifested in bodymovements.

我们很高兴看到，我们能够把一个抽象的概念，例如时间，用身体动作表现出来。

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Note that, with a large database, this could take some time.

注意，如果数据库较大，该操作可能需要一些时间。

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But one possibility, he says,is that it may take time away from sports or other activities that could help prevent depression.

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What it means is I don't want to take unique time that we could be discussing other things in class by covering things that you could have read already.

这只说明我不想在课上单独花时间,来讲你们可能已经看过的东西,这个时间可以用来讨论其他内容

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