It starts a year and a half earlier, in April 1775, when American colonists began fighting with British soldiers.

早在一年半前，也就是1775年4月，美国殖民地居民开始同英国士兵作战。

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The natural reaction of the crowd was to surge forward, into the checkpoint. The mourners began fighting with the soldiers, desperate to escape to safety.

人群下意识的反应便是冲向安检站，接着送葬的人们与士兵发生冲突，拼命逃向安全的地方。

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Police say the activists and local residents began fighting and throwing stones. Gunmen then opened fire, wounding several people, including a 20-year-old Shi 'ite who later died.

警方说，这些活动人士和当地居民发生斗殴并投掷石块。随后枪手开枪打伤了几人，其中包括后来死去的一名20岁什叶派人士。

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The conflict began more than twenty-five years ago, when minority Tamils began fighting for an independent homeland.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

The Tamil Tigers began fighting for an independent state more than 25 years ago.

VOA: standard.2009.05.19

Violence between the ethnic Goula and Kara communities in the north earlier this year subsided when rebels from the largely Goula Union of Democratic Forces for Unity began fighting alongside government troops to regain control of the city of Birao, near the borders of Chad and Sudan.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

As Mr Woodards lay dying, youths began fighting, throwing metal chairs and brandishing knives, the court was told.

BBC: Liam Woodards

The girlfriend and estranged wife began fighting almost immediately after Kinkade passed.

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Ethnic Albanian insurgents began fighting Macedonian government forces in February, then agreed to a cease-fire in August in exchange for more rights.

CNN: Blast as Macedonia probe begins