Before I had left the hotel, I took a cardof the hotel at the reception totally due to my vocationalhabit.

在离开旅馆前，我出于职业的习惯从前台拿了张旅馆的名片。

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I had cleared my desk before I left.

离开前我清理干净了办公桌。

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Before I left hospital, I had decided that I was going to surf.

在我出院之前，我就决定了要去冲浪。

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I think that just it's a story that about his family before he left and sort of how he had a very happy, joyful life with his family.

我认为这个故事记录了,他离开日本前得家庭,以及他和家人的，快乐生活。

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It made a strong impression on me, and before I left I asked my friend who had painted it.

NEWYORKER: Nicole Krauss

So, since I had just left Avid the week before, I could chew out the engineers back at Avid headquarters to get me a fix.

FORBES: Steve Jobs and QuickTime

It's also true that had I not seen the negative reviews before I left, I would have ended up at the place, miserable and mistrusting the site even more.

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