They were all waiting on the starting line.

他们全都在起跑线上等待着。

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Roy and four other cars revved their engines at the starting line, and then they were off.

罗伊和其他四辆车在起跑线上发动了引擎，然后就出发了。

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In recent years there have been nearly 5,000 official competitors and it takes three whole minutes for the crowd of runners just to cross the starting line.

近几年来，正式参赛选手有近5000人，光是运动员们跑过起跑线就需要整整3分钟。

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In the closing event, Shelly-Ann Fraser jumped out of the starting blocks and never trailed as she crossed the finish line in a world-leading time of 10.73 seconds.

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Yet influential midfielder Mohamed Barakat has been ruled out of the starting-line up as the Super Cup nears.

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Organizers have spent all week pushing ahead with plans, building viewing stands and the massive starting-line village on Staten Island.

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Nor is it diminished by the fact that this particular race was not to the finishing-post, but to the starting-line.

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