I first met him way back in the 80s.

我和他初次见面早在1980年代。

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He was inviting me to lunch; that's when I first met him.

(笑)他邀请我共进午餐，那是我第一次见他。

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Hsu said: "I knew he's the one when I first met him." I met him three times before we got engaged.

大s写到：“跟小菲见第一面我就知道是他，见第4次面就订婚了。”

youdao

Mr. MA: I first met him in 1976, so I've known him for about 31 years.

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Fernando Orta had remarkable drive and ingenuity even when I first met him as a freshman at Dartmouth.

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When I first met him, through an old friend in Los Angeles, I took him for a brilliant poser.

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