The best time for people to celebrate was when food was available in plenty, and that was possible in spring, or the beginning of the lunar New Year.

人们最好的庆祝时间就是他们能得到食物丰盛的时候，也就是春天或是元月初的那段时间。

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It was the beginning of winter, when low temperatures and relentless winds made dinner over a pot of boiling broth very enticing.

那正是初冬时节，阵阵寒意和瑟瑟冷风使得围着一锅滚沸的肉汤享用美食变得妙不可言。

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At least, he was still alive at the beginning of the month, when an audio tape was delivered to al-Jazeera bearing words in a familiar voice.

至少他本月初的时候还活着，半岛电视台收到的一盘录音带中熟悉的声音可以证明这一点。

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But Hobbes lived at a time when the modern system of European states even as we understand them today, was just beginning to emerge.

霍布斯生活在一个时代,这个时代中，现代欧洲国家,就像我们今天理解的这样，已经快要出现了。

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When Bush 41 talked about the economy, that was the beginning of the downward spiral.

老布什谈论经济的时候，是经济衰退的开始。

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When the euro was introduced at the beginning of 1999, it took 280 drachmas to buy a dollar.

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They all got an even better result than they could have hoped when the settlement was announced at the beginning of this year.

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In practice, the new parity arrangement would come about in something like the way that parity values were calculated between various European currencies when the euro was created at the beginning of 1999.

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