In the twinkling of an eye, five years passed.

一眨眼五年过去了。

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Five years passed since I graduated from University and join in Hanmi.

走出校门加入韩美，不知不觉已走过五个年头。

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Between our second and third movie, five years passed; between the third and this latest one, about eight years.

我们第二部电影完成五年后才又拍了第三部，之后又过了大约八年，才拍了现在这部电影。

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Nine years later,in eighteen forty-five, the United States Congress passed a resolution inviting the Republic of Texas to join the Union as a state.

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Five years later, Congress passed a compromise bill.

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But by the time Brendan got to his first game in my brother's seats, five years had passed and the Red Sox, in their never-ending campaign to wring more revenue out of the band box that is Fenway Park, had built two more rows, pushing my brother's seats back.

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Dingell said in the five years since a similar measure passed in Texas, only 17 cases have been filed in court.

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In Britain, the Council of Churches has suggested an amnesty for illegal immigrants with children who have been in the country for more than five years, inspired by limited amnesties passed by the previous Labour government in the 1970s.

ECONOMIST: Deportation