For an undetermined period of time I felt myself cut off from the world, an abstract spectator.

在一段不明确的时间里，我觉得自己抽象地领悟了这个世界。

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Lose not time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions.

不要浪费时间，做些有益的事情，停止一切不必要的行动。

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They cut off the electricity, preventing a fire in time.

他们切断了电源了，及时地阻止了一场火灾。

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It is the first time the UK has cut off a country's banking sector in this way.

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Dominic Grieve said the panel's medical expert Dr Bill Kirkup had found that "58 either 'definitely' or 'probably' had the capacity to survive beyond the 3.15pm cut off time".

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He said these include clear evidence Kevin was alive 45 minutes after the disputed 15:15 cut-off time decided by the South Yorkshire coroner Dr Stefan Popper, who ruled no evidence was admissible after that time.

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