她通过聊天和发短信消磨时间。

She spends her time chatting and SMSing.

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即使是平常的活动，比如给澳大利亚电信打电话或从澳大利亚邮政取包裹，紧随其后的都是通过短信或电子邮件发送给你的满意度调查，询问：“我们做得如何？”

Even the most commonplace activities, such as calling Telstra or picking up a parcel from Australia Post, are followed by texts or emails with surveys asking, "How did we do?"

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你怎么能通过短信发现一个骗子呢?

How can you detect a liar through text messages?

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