By the time we realize, most of the winter has passed.

等到发觉的时候，冬天已经过了大半。

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Every spring, the color green appears on trees, grass and all kinds of plants, announcing that the cold, lifeless winter has passed.

每到春天，树木、青草与各种植物冒出绿意，宣告寒冷、了无生气的冬天已过。

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We have a spring in our step now that the horrors of the Arctic winter seem to have passed and the Arctic spring has arrived.

现在恐怖的冬天已经过去了，北极的春天已然降临，我们踏着春天的脚步前行。

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But Zimbabwe's winter has passed, with much discontent, and little action.

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Funding has been found for this essential remedial work, principally from Japan - and the United Nations cultural organisation, Unesco, says it hopes work can begin on the site after the winter has passed.

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BIS's offer to help rescue South Korea from financial crisis last winter has also not passed unnoticed in Basle.

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