This means the boy may be out of work for some time.

这意味着这个男孩要失业一段时间。

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My husband had surgery and was off of work for some time.

我丈夫因动了一次手术，有一段时间没有工作。

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Problems at work continued to occupy his mind for some time.

工作上的问题继续在他的脑海中萦绕了一段时间。

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Some people are excused for health or family reasons, or because they cannot take time from work.

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It disappears and comes back, and at that time his mother, who is actually Freud's daughter, was going out to work for the first time on some days, and the boy was getting used to letting her go.

它又消失了之后又出现了，在那时他的妈妈，实际上是弗洛伊德的女儿，正准备,第一次出去工作一段时间，男孩正慢慢习惯,让她出去。

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Also,in Darwin's time, the age of the Earth was estimated only in the millions of years too short a time some said for evolution to work.

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They were great in their time, and for non-critical applications will continue to do competent work for some time to come.

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The oldest drugs, like Haldol and thorazine, clomp onto the receptor like glue, completely shutting it down so tenaciously that they work for some time after patients stop taking them.

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