So he deepened his voice and built up his body, because before he was a real skinny guy.

所以他处处压低嗓音说话，不停地锻炼身体，他以前一直很瘦小。

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But he seems to regret his shortness, because before moving on he adds, "Have a good journey."

还好，他没有发现这个致命的错误，因为在我们离开之前，他说了一句：“祝你们旅途愉快！”

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It was not clear to me how I’d arrived at this juncture gradewise, because before entering Ault, I’d never received lower than a B plus in any class.

我不明白自己在成绩上怎么沦落到如此田地，进奥尔特之前，任何功课我的分数都不低于B+。

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"Definitely he will be right, that is going to be because before it happened it was right."

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The Christian Church might have stepped into the breach and imposed obedience and uniformity, because before terribly long, all of the West had been Christianized.

这时基督教试图接管国家,宣扬服从和统一的思想,因为很早以前,基督教在西方就根深蒂固了

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because you've already done it or you don't need to do something because you've already done it before.

因为你之前已经做过，或者你觉得因为之前做过就没有必要再做了。

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And because before she was opposed to the bridge, she was all for it.

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Ms. ELDRIDGE: It is, because before you can almost run on the plane if you had to.

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Any allegations that predate 2002 will be tricky, because before that, steroids weren't actually banned under league rules.

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