"It's a very important moment after seven years of work," said Mr Borschberg before the take-off.

“经过7年的努力工作，这真是一个非常重要的时刻，”波斯贝格在飞机起飞前说。

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I was tempted to take the day off.

我动了心，想那一天休假。

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You need to take the top off the bottle first!

你得先把瓶盖子打开！

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But the plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after take-off.

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"What I have seen is a lot of kids really take off because they do have the one-on-one attention and they are up to grade level, if not beyond,as a result of having been in the program."

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(THE THEME) Ginan Koesmayadi started a soccer team of HIV-infected drug users to take their minds off their addiction.

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Television presenter Chris Packham said the take-off, flight and landing should not have been particularly onerous for the pandas.

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But the take-off in mobile coverage also lagged the fall in kidnaps.

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The ground might be lower or higher on the take-off or landing side and all these things throw the horse's center of gravity.

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