We telephone her parents and the British Embassy to set the ball rolling.

我们给她的父母和英国大使馆通了电话，球开始转起来了。

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And in practice our proclivities are things we allow ourselves, like a ball rolling down its natural course.

在实践中，我们的癖性是被我们自身纵容的东西，就好像一颗球顺应自然规律从高处滚下。

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“Based on my experience with Mr Netanyahu, he did what he thought he had to do to keep the ball rolling,” said Bill Clinton.

“以我对内塔尼亚胡的了解，他会为了达到目的而不择手段。” 比尔•克林顿如是说。

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and doing things like that to really begin, get the ball rolling,

真的做了一些事情，真正行动起来，

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