"Before I left Libya, there was nothing left for me here," he said. "Now, when I see the sea, I smell a different air."

在我离开利比亚之前，这里没有什么值得留念的，现在，当我看到大海时，我闻到了不一样的空气。

youdao

Mon, there are only 2 hours left before the entrance exam begins. I left my allowance card in my dormitory.

妈，还有两个小时高考就要开始了，可我把准考证放在宿舍了。

youdao

Trainers kept telling me how many days were left before the Olympics, and how much time I had left for training.

不停有人跟我说，奥运会还有几天，我还剩多长时间训练。

youdao

"I studied English before I left home."

VOA: special.2010.07.25

I think that just it's a story that about his family before he left and sort of how he had a very happy, joyful life with his family.

我认为这个故事记录了,他离开日本前得家庭,以及他和家人的，快乐生活。

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"With all my heart, I urge you to pull up an anchor and make full sail before we lose the tide and are left stranded on the beach, exposed to the coming storms."

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

Ms. FRANCO: I got to the point before I left for work that I literally kind of patted my chest, got a shirt, patted my, you know, thighs.

NPR: Reporter's Notebook: A Delayed Homecoming

It's also true that had I not seen the negative reviews before I left, I would have ended up at the place, miserable and mistrusting the site even more.

ENGADGET: This Is the Modem World: Review Sites Are Broken

Speaking of conflicts of interest and transparency, I spent 16 very pleasant months working for AOL before I left, on the friendliest of terms, to join Forbes last October.

FORBES: Arrington Makes a Mockery of AOL-Huffpo Ethics Policy