The spelling of English has always been a problem, but it was more of a problem in the days before a dictionary.

英语的拼写一直是个问题，但在字典出现之前，它更是一个问题。

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That was in the days before electricity was available at the flick of a switch.

那是在过去，还没有到开关一响就有电的时代。

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Morley: That must have been in the days before cars. Kathy: Yeah.

莫理：那一定是在还没有汽车以前的时候。

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In the days before her death, Aasiya Hassan had taken legal steps to divorce her husband.

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So I was hoping to see more like 99% on this, but you do still have two more days before the exam.

我本来期待这道题的正确率能达到，99%，的，但毕竟你们距离考试还有两天的时间。

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Now, it used to be in the old days before I had kids, I could list off 15 current movies and help you a bit more with your dating strategy by giving you instant movie reviews, but now I have kids, I get to see precisely two movies a year, and the two movies I got to see this year were The Bourne Ultimatum and the Good Shepherd.

在我有孩子之前,我能列出15部热映的影片,我还能给你们提供不错的影评,帮助各位制定约会策略,但是现在我当爸爸了,我每年只能看两部电影,我今年看的两部就是,《谍影重重》和《特工风云》

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"I played well today, better than the days before, which is important, " he said.

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She says the lingering perception is a holdover from the days before modern kitchen appliances.

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Back in the days before they really had airplanes the players would travel by steamship.

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