No, he would be a soldier, and return after long years, all war-worn and illustrious.

不，他更愿意当兵，过很多年才回来，变得伤痕累累，名噪天下。

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If I should see you, after long years.

若多年以后我再能见到你。

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They reunited after long years of separation.

他们多年别离后重聚。

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The election was held to replace long-time president Omar Bongo, who died in June after 42 years in power.

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Eight years after the end of a decade-long civil war, people will talk publicly for the first time of atrocities committed in their communities.

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After long years of fruitless preoccupation with Israeli-Palestinian peace, the president erupted with his pent-up frustration straight to the Israeli public...

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Who thought that dictatorial regimes can be toppled after long years of ruling their countries, when most people didn't even dare to criticize the regime in public in order not to be arrested.

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences

So I want you to remind people that after 10 long years of war, after so many of our heroic men and women in uniform served and sacrificed and gave their lives, Osama bin Laden is no longer a threat to this country -- thank goodness.

WHITEHOUSE: Remarks by the First Lady at a Campaign Event