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 fighting began in the late afternoon and continued all night.

那场战斗傍晚开始，持续了一整夜。

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The fighting began at 12:30 pm and lasted for an hour.

战斗时间是下午12点半，战斗持续了一小时。

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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