Sitting down comfortably, the two men passed their time by chatting, taking a sip now and then.

两人舒服地坐了下来，边聊天边打发时间，时不时地喝上一小口。

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In any kind of communication, it's always worth taking the time to boil your message down to its essentials.

在任何形式的交流中，花点时间把你的信息进行提炼总是值得的。

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Judging from the campaign so far, they certainly have the best hope in a long time of taking down a prized GRC.

从迄今为止的竞选情况判断，他们肯定拥有长期以来夺取宝贵集选区的最大希望。

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But after a one-day bounce failed to bring buyers off the sidelines, the sellers were back in force, taking FB down to new, all-time lows ahead of the Labor Day weekend.

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Anderson does not see Strachan taking over Middlesbrough as a step down for the 52-year-old despite his time with Celtic in the Champions League.

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Over recent years, European politicians also reacted only to periodic scary plunges in their stock and bond markets, taking belated and panicked actions each time to repeatedly kick the euro-zone debt crisis down the road.

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