In anticipation of tomorrow, we lose today.

在明天的期盼中，我们失去今天。

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Today, my dad told me and my little sister that we might lose our house.

今天，我爸跟我和我的小妹妹说，我们可能要失去现在的房子。

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Many of us lose time by engaging in unnecessary actions and by procrastinating; that is to say, we procrastinate when it comes to the important things we need to do today.

我们之中的许多人因为花时间在不必要的事情上加上拖拖拉拉而浪费了时间，也就是说，我们拖延了那部分原本需要花在当下更重要的事情上的时间。

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"I do not know whether we will win or lose, but if I do not fight today my children will accuse me of wasting an opportunity, " he said.

BBC: Arvind Kejriwal

We're obviously more civilized today--the most you can lose is your reputation, your money and the time spent in the pokey.

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