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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Matters are quite near to bringing out the support we are looking for to set the ball rolling.

问题非常的接近得到支持了，我们在寻求机会让雪球滚动起来。

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The ball was set rolling in the 1960s, by Dr Heck, of the University of Delaware.

这项课题由特拉华大学的赫克博士于1960年开始发起。

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Croydon Old Town Business Association said the money was not enough but "it has set the ball rolling".

BBC: Croydon gets ?100,000 for Old Town market rejuvenation

Messrs Gingrich and Romney might note that the man who set this ball rolling was not Mr Obama but Mr Bush, the most un-European politician imaginable.

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