They sat awhile not touching their coffee .

他们坐了一会儿，没有碰他们的咖啡。

One last thing - silence is okay once in awhile too .

最后一件需要强调的事情是：片刻的沉默也是被容许的。

The boy was silent awhile .

那男孩沉默了一会儿。

See if you can persuade the office to close early once in awhile so everyone can go to the pub .

看一下能否说服办公室的人提早一会儿下班，大家一起去酒吧。

So they got jobs and had us , and forgot about that other world , the way you always forget a dream after you 've been awake awhile .

所以他们找了工作，有了我们，忘了另外的那个世界，就是那种醒来一会儿后总是忘掉一个梦的情形。