It's about putting in the hours when we'd rather be watching TV, or drilling ourselves with notecards filled with obscure words instead of getting quizzed by a friend.

该项才能是指把我们情愿用来看电视的时间投入到训练当中，或是拿着满是晦涩文字的单词卡片刻苦钻研，而不是去跟一个朋友嬉戏玩乐。

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I remember when a friend told me of a youth group she'd visited where standards were dragging on the floor. I was waiting for words of shock or self-righteousness.

我记得，有一个朋友对我说起一个她去过的青年团体，她说，那里的标准推行地非常艰难。

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Winners gain free entry for themselves and a friend to the 'Words on Monday' weekly poetry event at Kings Place for the remainder of the year.

获奖者将得到两个免费参加由Kings Place主办的“周一诗会”的名额，直至今年年底为止。

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A friend of Webster's described the meeting in these words: "Mister Clay came to Mister Webster's house and had a long talk with him about the best way to settle the difficulties growing out of slavery and the new territories.

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Aside from a humorous but unnecessary number that Kritzer sings to the toilet she's cleaning, Cooper is strikingly accurate and sensitive in her depiction of words and actions that will be familiar to anyone who's seen the effects of Alzheimer's disease in a friend or relative.

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