The gap between the two runners is beginning to close .

两个赛跑者的差距开始缩短。

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The days are beginning to close in now that it's autumn.

现在已到秋天，白昼渐渐短了。

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Consumers should see the recent trend as a warning that the window they've enjoyed for good hotel deals is beginning to close.

消费者应该注意到一个趋势，同时也是警告，那就是能令他们他们超值享受酒店的收益良多的窗户已经逐渐关闭了。

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I'm thrilled that we are starting to see the tide turn, that the achievement gap is beginning to close.

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Budget cuts are beginning to close youth centres and affect pupils and students.

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Shops are already beginning to close for lack of customers, says Greg Thain, a Briton who runs a big Moscow-based market-research company.

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