They took a long time getting to the top, the only reward for the long years of waiting being that when they had their own newspapers, both knew what they wanted and firmly set about getting it.

他们花了很长时间才达到顶峰，多年等待的唯一回报是，当他们有了自己的报纸，他们俩都知道自己想要什么，并坚定地着手去实现它。

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I'll have to work really long hours and be away from my family for long stretches of time, but, on the flip side, I'll get the opportunity to travel around the world.

我将不得不长时间工作并长时间远离家人，但另一方面，我将有机会环游世界。

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People have been using the wind's energy for a long, long time.

人们使用风能已经有很长很长时间了。

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The song is about leaving the big city for the countryside, going home again after a long time away.

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And the Aristotelian view held for a long time, but eventually it started to crumble in the light of more data.

而亚里士多德的观点在很长时间里得到了认同，但最终还是崩溃了,在越来越多的数据面前。

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I don't know if you know this, but for a long time when movies took place in New York,

我不清楚你是否知道，很长一段时间，电影里发生在纽约的场景，

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As we start seeing the weather get a little bit colder, people can't be without power for long periods of time, without heat for long periods of time.

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I've known Stephanie for a long, long time and I have a lot of respect for her as a coach.

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Because you kept fighting -- and some of you have been fighting this fight for a long time, long before I was here and long before Lisa was here.

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