The ship was sailing before the wind, ten knots an hour.

轮船在顺风行驶，时速10海里。

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We have to tie things up before the wind blows them away.

我们必须在风把东西吹走之前把它们捆起来。

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He shouted at the man, "Get up! Hurry! A storm is coming! We have to tie things up before the wind blows them away."

他对那人喊道：“起来！快！暴风雨就要来了！我们必须在风吹走之前把东西捆起来。”

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"The peaches have ripened and should be picked,wife",said the old man, "Let us gather them now before the wind does our work for us."

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There's never been one here before.' " Three years later Anne Lindbergh wrote "Listen! The Wind."

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But before the wind picks up, they attend seminars on building a business, with speakers like Trip Adler, CEO of Scribd, Eric Setton, CTO of Tango, and Tom Katis, CEO of group messaging app, Voxer.

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Before reaching their destination, the teams will cross mountains, frozen rivers and forests before hitting the wind-pummeled coast.

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Indeed, the announcement also says that the DGA will engage in informal discussions with the AMPTP before mid-November, which will prepare the DGA to do a deal promptly before the holiday season sucks the wind out of the town.

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