They began to ask, "What are we doing?"

他们开始问：“我们正在做什么？”

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They began to ask me questions about myself, and pretty soon they had my story.

他们开始问一些有关我个人的问题，很快就弄清楚了我的来龙去脉。

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But after few cups of wine they began to talk. He could not help but to ask the man about his ex wife and their marriage.

两个男人原本无话，客套寒暄后，几杯酒下肚，他终于忍不住，询问人家的婚姻状况。

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When they began to knock on doors and ask people about their concerns, though, coppers were astonished to find residents who did things like note down the registration number of every car visiting a drug dealer.

ECONOMIST: Policing

In the city of Brest, for example, investigators closed the exits to the department store ZUM and began to ask the customers why they were there during ordinary working hours.

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In April, YouTube began spotlighting one campaign each week, allowing each candidate to ask anything they want.

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