Summer is a time to relax, regroup and catch up on all those things you've been putting off all year.

夏天是休养整顿、并处理一年中积压事务的时候。

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Even though they called the election and had been preparing for it for some time, they got off on the wrong foot.

虽然他们召集了这次选举，也为此准备了一段时间，他们还是出师不利。

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There was some fatal flaw in his makeup, and as time went on he lapsed into long silences or became off-hand.

他性格中有某种致命的缺陷，随着时间的推移，他要么陷入长时间沉默要么行为随便。

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"The aftershocks will start off being fairly large and fairly frequent, and then sort of peter out as time goes on, although you will see aftershocks for weeks to months after the earthquake.

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You are about to go off on Friday night to see these movies and let's allow some communication ahead of time.

现在你们约好了周五晚上一起看电影,你们可以先沟通一下

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So I'm so happy that it's finally time for us to go to the airport, get on a plane and just take off.

所以当我们终于到了机场，坐上了飞机并起飞后，我真是太高兴了。

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The millennial mind is a wandering one which relies on taking time off from work and going on regular vacations.

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The ultimate in energy efficiency will come when power producers can turn on and off small substations at a moments notice based on real-time data on energy consumption at a household level, and consumers can make power purchasing decision based on real-time metering of their consumption.

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Justin wasn't potty trained, and he had unusual repetitive behaviors, such as switching lights on and off for extended periods of time, or washing his hands over and over.

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