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Shopping turns me off.
购物使我厌烦。
Anybody can leap off a building.
任何人都能从建筑物上跳下。
Being dead is being weak and walled off.
死就是软弱和被隔离。
It's always nice to start off with a good result.
一开始就有一个好的结果总是好的。
I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
我一直喜欢打扮得漂漂亮亮的,炫耀一番。
I've got like a week and a half left, all bets are off.
我还有一周半的时间,一切都不确定了。
So I'll go eat places and then I'll run it off in the show.
所以我要去吃饭的地方,然后在节目中表演。
I haven't been out of work since the day I took my pants off.
自从我脱掉裤子后,我就没有失业过。
I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.
我选择一块大理石,把我不需要的东西砍掉。
I don't like getting patted down and taking off my shoes at the airport.
我不喜欢在机场被搜身和脱鞋。
If I felt that one of my operas did not come off I would certainly say so.
如果我觉得我的一部歌剧不成功,我一定会这么说。
In politics people build whole reputations off of getting one thing right.
在政治上,人们通过把一件事做好而建立起自己的声誉。
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The grave, dread thing! Men shiver when thou'rt named: Nature appalled, Shakes off her wonted firmness.
坟墓,可怕的东西!人们一听到你的名字就发抖;大自然惊骇万分,抖掉了她惯有的坚强。
You work your butt off and somebody says you can't have your record played because it offends them. Tyrants are made of such stuff.
你拼命工作,有人说你不能播放你的唱片,因为这冒犯了他们。暴君就是由这种东西构成的。
I used to always run off at the mouth and talk about people. I just didn't know that it would make a living for me.
我过去总是滔滔不绝地说人坏话。我只是不知道它会为我谋生。
When I am in a hotel, and I turn off the lights and the TV, I just freak out. I turn the TV back on and don't get any sleep.
当我在酒店的时候,我把灯和电视都关掉,我就会抓狂。我又把电视打开,睡不着觉。
Shutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating; the mind is like a car battery - it recharges by running.
关闭思维过程并不能使人恢复活力;大脑就像汽车的电池——它通过运行来充电。
Drama or comedy programming is still the surest way for advertisers to reach a mass audience. Once that changes, all bets are off.
对于广告商来说,戏剧或喜剧节目仍然是吸引大众观众的最可靠方式。一旦这种情况发生变化,所有的赌注都打了水漂。