There was quite a lot of rain earlier on.

前一向雨水多。

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Mr Trichet was successful earlier on, too.

特里谢早些时候的工作也很成功。

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Earlier on his tour of Asia, Mr Obama visited Japan.

奥巴马亚洲之行的首站是日本。

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He was a test pilot. He had flown earlier on one of the two-man Gemini space flights.

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He published a treatise that he had written earlier on grammar, inventing his own system for the understanding and the learning of the Latin language.

发表了一篇他之前写的关于语法的论文，在这篇论文中他创建了自己的一套理解和学习,拉丁文的体系。

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but they were saying the funds, they were low on funds, so they were trying to close it much earlier,

但公园的资金却出现了短缺，所以他们试着要提早关门。

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Earlier on Tuesday, he had written on his blog a critique of the same-sex marriage bill.

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Now, there was a little earlier on, a crate being hoisted up by a crane.

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The jury heard earlier on Wednesday details about where he had lived and his various jobs.

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