The proposal had made his clients sit up and take notice.

这项建议引起了他的主顾们的关注。

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Somebody like Art Tatum can make me sit up and take notice, but some music, like rap, isn't very musical and I can't learn anything from it.

像阿特·塔图姆这样的人可以让我坐起来并留心倾听，但有些音乐，像说唱，不是很有音乐性，我不能从中感悟出任何东西。

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This is where I sit up and take notice.

这才是真的让我坐起身，去注意的部分。

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Enough to make a decent docent sit up and take notice, wouldn't you think?

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Perhaps coverage of such programs might cause legislators to sit up and take notice.

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The executive does, however, sit up and take notice when workers, or students, take to the streets.

ECONOMIST: To the barricades?