Be like the clock. Always keep on ticking by involving yourself in various things and learning new things.

与时钟相似，你总是循序渐进地卷入各种事件，以获得新知。

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I had to get to the airport by two, and the minutes were ticking away.

我必须在两点前赶到机场，但是时间一分一秒地过去了。

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But Naughtie said it would have been "death" to judge by box-ticking and they had had to decide on the individual merit of the books, not reputations.

诺蒂对此的解释是，他们不可能通过逐项稽核的方式来评审，否则评审工作早已“死亡”。 他还说评判的依据是基于书本身的价值，而非名声。

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Paul Collingwood kept the scoreboard ticking by swiping Jacques Kallis for six over mid-wicket before Kieswetter, after thumping Duminy for six in similar fashion, fell to the same bowler when he holed out to Steyn, who took a well-judged catch fractionally inside the rope at long-on.

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While murder and suicide both continued their long term declines, ticking down by 4.5% and 4% respectively, accidental alcohol poisonings actually increased by 7%.

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In addition, new U.S. weekly unemployment claims surprised economists by ticking higher while another report showed soft manufacturing activity in the Midwest.

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