The used car he bought not long ago has broken down and is not worth repairing now. He always seems to buy a pig in a poke and never learns from his mistakes.

不久前他买的一部旧车现在已经坏得不能修理了，看来他总是不看清楚就买东西，从不吸取教训。

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It was not long before green tea could be bought from the market.

不久绿茶就可以从市场上买到。

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If customers have bought funds merely on their bank's recommendation, they may not stay loyal for long.

如果顾客仅是根据他们储蓄的银行的推荐购买基金，他们可能不会长久的忠实于这个建议。

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Across the street from the NYSE is a building bought not long ago by New York City as room for the exchange to expand.

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For another, Scull made a fortune on works he had bought not too long before.

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Not long after Ms. Lapostolle bought her vineyards, a French ampelographer basically a vine detective visited Chile at the behest of the government and discovered an impostor in the Chilean vineyard stock.

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