By the time the big words come back reconstructed, purified, fit to be trusted once more, he will be long dead.

等到那些大而无当的词经过重建和纯化，再一次可以信赖的时候，他都死去很久了。

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Ms Thornley said she didn't want to look in the direction of the tank because she was sure the fish would be long dead.

Thornley女士说她并没有打算看向水池的方向，因为她确定那些金鱼肯定早死了。

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By then, all stars will be long dead, and (if modern quantum theory is right, and we're pretty sure it is) even black holes will have evaporated.

到那时，所有的恒星早都消亡了，而且(如果现代量子理论是对的，我们相当肯定它是对的)甚至黑洞也会消失。

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For you, me our species and even Apple are going to be long dead before it happens.

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For folks pining for a future with holodecks, however, this is the kind of baby step that's likely needed to make such dreams a reality (though, to be honest, you'll probably be long dead before a real holodeck comes to fruition).

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The story continued yesterday with Craig Whyte gathering sports reporters to reassure them about Rangers' finances, and to tell them that Rangers will still be playing at Ibrox long after they're all dead.

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