At first, the problems had delayed his development, but once they were safely behind us, I looked forward to my son's first words. They didn't come.

起初，健康问题使得他的发育迟缓，但安全地解决了这些问题之后，我期望他学会说话，但他一直没有说过话。

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There was a small fault in the machine which delayed our work this morning, but I think we've got it taped now.

机器有一点小故障，把我们上午的工作给耽搁了，不过，我认为我们已经把它查明排除了。

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I would do it but I have something too urgent to be delayed.

我倒想做的，可现在有件急事不能耽搁。

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She said that she would be slightly delayed but when I began calling her after 8pm, I couldn't get through to her.

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Some might have delayed the introduction, but I think Steve would have wanted the show to go on.

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But I was committed to fighting at the Commonwealth Games so I delayed my return for a year until I turned pro after Melbourne.

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