They paid him to write a letter to the president.

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I'm thinking of the writing life one might have whenever we write a letter these days.

我所说的写作，也包括,现代生活中的写信。

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You know, so he's seen me work in a lot of different contexts, so he was able to write a letter that said,

所以，他知道我在不同的环境下是如何工作的，这样他在给我写推荐信时才会说出以下这番话。

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Typically, they'll write a letter saying, congratulations we have great news! We have some new breakthrough and in celebration of this we're going to pay everyone a 5% stock dividend.

一般来说,他们会写封信说,恭喜,有好消息了,业绩有所突破,为表示庆祝,我们将,给每人增发5%的股票股利

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when he has to write a letter of recommendation for me for a job.

当他要给我写求职推荐信的时候。

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We will hear again of Milton's intention to write an epic in a versified letter that he writes to his best friend, Charles Diodati. This is the letter to Diodati which Milton publishes as the Sixth Elegy.

我们又一次听到弥尔顿想写史诗,是在他给最好的朋友查尔斯，迪奥达蒂的一封信里，这就是那封信,弥尔顿以第六挽歌的名字出版。

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