从前有一个非常富有的人和他儿子收集了许多著名画家的名画，如毕加索、梵高和莫奈。

Once a very rich man and his son collected valuable paintings by famous artists like Picasso, Van Gogh and Monet.

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从前，有一个非常乐于助人、心地善良的人。

Once there was a very helpful and kind-hearted man.

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从前，有个叫拉齐的人。

Once upon a time, there was a man named Lazy.

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What may be the case that one person, some person who may exist in the future is the same person, is me.

我们讨论了，如果存在于将来的，某一个人，就是从前的一个人,就是我，那又会怎么样。

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My home country is Croatia. I was born in and raised in what used to be the former Yugoslavia,

我是克罗地亚人。我生长在从前的南斯拉夫。

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