My opponent’s plan is nothing but smoke and mirrors: he’s simply pulled his numbers out of the air to make it look like he can balance the budget without new taxes.

他说：我那竞选对手的计划根本就是一个骗局。 他只是毫无根据地提出几个数字，让人们觉得好像他可以不增加新的税收就平衡预算。

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My opponent's plan is nothing but smoke and mirrors: he's simply pulled his numbers out of the air to make it look like he can balance the budget without new taxes.

他说：我那竞选对手的计划根本就是一个骗局。 他只是毫无根据地提出几个数字，让人们觉得好像他可以不增加新的税收就平衡预算。

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This may sound contradictory to some of the advice above about starting slowly, but the key is to go very easy in the beginning -nothing that will stress your body out or make you sore the next day.

这似乎和一开始建议的，缓慢开始有些矛盾。但是对于一个刚开始跑步的人来说，重要的不是让你的身体变得更为紧张而在第二天感到酸痛；重要的是能够让你每天坚持锻炼。

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so you have to make a garment out of nothing like paper bags or plastic bags.

你需要从无中创造有，比如用纸袋或者塑料袋制作出服装。

梦想成为时装设计师 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

It was written by someone who likes to make something out of nothing in my view.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

Do you think that the first African American governor since Reconstruction is, as you put it, trying to make something out of nothing and distracting policy debates, or does he have a point?

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

The act of making something out of nothing requires the pattern recognition system to make far flung connections.

FORBES: How To Be More Creative At Work (Or What Corporations Can Learn From Booze-Hounds and Baby Elephants)