Think you could take a break? - Why?

你息一下 -为什么？

This means step away from your desk and take a break from your work.

意思就是离开桌子先别工作，息一下。

Debbie intends to take short rests every two hours.

黛比计划每两小时息一下。

Um... do you think we can make a pit stop?

呃.你觉得我们能中途息一下么?

Mark Twain suggested that an ingredient was missing in the American ambition when he said: " What a robust people, what a nation of thinkers we might be, if we would only lay ourselves on the shelf occasionally and renew our edges."

马克·吐温认为，美国人的理中缺少了一种分。他说：“果我们能偶尔地躺下来好好放松息一下，使我们的棱角始终保持锋利，那么我们将有可能为一个多么朝气蓬勃的民族，一个多么富有思的民族啊！

I guess we'll just go home and chill out and catch up.

我们可能直接回家息一下然后聊聊近况。

I still have a lot to do, but maybe a break would do me good.

我还有很多东西没看，过也许息一下对我有好处。

In the lift her thoughts were on lunch and a good rest.

她乘上电梯后，只着午餐和好好息一下。

Okay, pencils down. You're taking a break.

好了 把笔放下 你必须息一下。

And if you like to rest a while, I'll snugly tuck you in!

果你息一下，我会让你舒舒服服的！”

Sometimes real life is not the greatest thing in the world and sometimes we just need to find a way to take a break from it, reset, whether we wanna be Link, be Mario, be Spider-Man.

有时候现实生活并是总让人满意，有时候我们只是需要找到一种方法从中息一下，重新开始，管我们是为林克，马里奥，还是蜘蛛侠。

This is very informal; it may be spontaneous (Hey! Let's break for coffee) or institutionalized (The coffee break in our office is from 3: 30-3: 50 daily).

这并是很正式的；它也许是随兴而起的（嘿！咱们喝杯咖啡息一下），也有可能是制度化的（本公司的喝咖啡时间为每天下午3点半到3点50分）。

Taking a break by leaving the workplace, if only to go to the coffee shop, may be the sole practical way for workers to recharge mental batteries.

离开工作场所息一下——即使只是去趟咖啡店——可能是职场人给精神充电的唯一切实可行的方式。

So this is break, I'm taking a break, and then when I'm finished with my meal, to signify to the server I am finished, then prongs are up, and then handles are at four o'clock.

这个代表息，我息一下，在我结束进餐的时候，为了向服务员表明我吃完了，叉子向上，柄部对着四点钟方向。

That's too bad. Do you want to take a break?

真糟糕。你息一下吗？

We should take breaks every hour and not work straight through.

每个小时都要息一下，要整夜一直学习。

Maybe I should...you know, just give it a give it a break and then I should focus on my music side and that's that's when I got back to China and start started everything.

或许... 你知道，先息一下，然后我应该专注于音乐方面，那就是我回到中国开始着手一切的时候。

We should all take a little break before dessert.

吃甜点之前我们大家应该稍微息一下。

So you've done four cartoons. You can have a little rest now.

这么着，你们已经画了四个卡通画。 现在可以息一下。

That's great. It gives me some time to rest and see some of this city.

真棒! 那我就有时间息一下并且参观一下这座城市。