To start things off, I think what we need to do is consider a definition.

首先，我认为我们需要仔细考虑一个定义。

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So she cut things off and continued on her journey.

因此她再次中断了这一切，继续自己的旅程。

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It is a great feeling to cross things off your list.

从表上划掉这些是一种很棒的感觉。

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I have gotten things from far-off places like Africa and Asia, but I cannot get the moon.

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The Turks have the saying because the Turks are very good at starting things off but not necessarily finishing them.

土耳其人非常擅长于开始某件事，但是并不一定完成事情,但是并不一定完成事情。

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you guys know the word procrastination? Just putting things off.

你们知道procratination这个词吧？就是拖延。

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The manager will thrash things out and we will get things off our chest.

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To pull all these things off at once, Waiting for Lightning blends three stories simultaneously.

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All they did was pass things off to another committee and then go on recess.

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