But before he finished, he coughed even harder.

还没说完，他咳嗽起来。

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Some witnesses at Gettysburg claimed to recall applause during the speech, but most did not, and Lincoln was already taking his seat before many in the audience realized he had finished.

有些盖提斯堡演说的听众声称回忆起了在演讲期间的欢呼声，但是大多数人却没有，在很多观众意识到林肯讲完了之前，他已经回到了座位上。

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Otherwise everyone would have wanted it to go to a finish. But he had finished it anyway and before anyone had to go to work.

要不然人人都会要求比赛到底的。但是他反正把它结束了，而且赶在任何人上工之前。

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He renovated the guesthouse and made major structural updates on the main house but sold the property before he finished the renovation.

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Coalition bickering over the economic crisis finished Ecevit and his party, but not before he had authorized an economic reform program that has boosted Turkey's hopes of one day achieving EU membership.

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When I was finished I wanted to go home, but we couldn't before he had done 50 more shots (at goal).

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