It was late afternoon and the sun was low in the sky.

当时是傍晚时分，太阳低低地挂在天上。

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It was late afternoon when he awoke.

他醒来时已是后半下午。

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It was late afternoon.

正是傍晚时分。

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And, you know, when you go up there, as you go up to Montmartre, it's incredible--because I was there once very, very late in the afternoon, and oddly enough I met this woman who went there every day, and I said, "why do you go there every day?"

你知道,当你去到那边,当你去到蒙马特高地,那简直不可思议,因为有次下午很晚了,我在那边,很神奇的,我遇到了一位妇人,她每天都到那里去,我就问她,"你为什么每天都来"

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It was late afternoon at the Stadium and the Yankees were playing the Tampa Bay Rays in a crucial September series.

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It was late afternoon, and he had to get ready for baseball.

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It was late afternoon when we arrived at an address in Greenwich Village, and no one was there except the staff, all women.

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