Still, few believed that anything could survive after lying dormant for so long.

不过，很少有人相信有什么东西在休眠那么久之后还能幸存下来。

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"For a long time I believed that more wealth and luxury automatically meant more happiness. Now it's time to sell my house, so I can be 'free' for my new life, " he told the newspaper.

他在接受报纸采访时说：“我曾经一度认为更多的财富和奢华的生活当然可以令人更快乐，但现在是时候卖掉我的房子了，这样我才可以‘自由’地享受我的新生活。”

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The level was forecast as a year-end target by more daring strategists earlier this year, but few had believed the single currency's gains would continue for so long.

今年年初，很多较大胆的外汇策略师曾预测说，1.25美元将是今年的年终目标，但当时很少有人相信欧元的涨势会持续这么久。

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The boat was so small that no one believed it could stay afloat for very long.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

And that is why we so strongly, and have for so long, believed that Assad must go.

WHITEHOUSE: Gaggle aboard Air Force One en route Orlando, FL,

I've always believed in hot chocolate for dessert so long as it's ridiculously rich and served in a demitasse cup with something playful, like a peppermint stick.

WSJ: Baked Hot Chocolate

They simply published whatever the prosecutor told them - so much so and for so long, that everyone believed it.

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