Nashi played fish for many years, but long ago, he might have played treble saxophone in a ballroom band in Istanbul.

纳希打了很多年的鱼，但是在很久以前，他也许在伊斯坦布尔的一个舞厅乐队里吹过高音萨克斯管。

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But long before that even, people were experimenting with ways to modify traditional acoustic guitars.

但甚至早在那之前，人们就已经在试验改良传统原声吉他的方法了。

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But long is not impossible.

但是概率小并不是说不可能。

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But Long,who set an Olympic long jump record during qualifying, gave Owens advice on how to improve his take-off.

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Maybe not the biggest one, but there was one when I was... I hadn't long been in the job.

可能不是最大的一次，但是有一场火灾，当我……当时我刚工作不久。

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Not the longest book you will ever read, but long enough.

这也许非你所读过最厚重的书，但够厚了。

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Not long but long enough to know that whatever it was was truly dead.

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But long-term growth is central to generating the tax receipts to bring borrowing down.

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It also found that the doveish but long-moribund Labour party was showing signs of resuscitation.

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