Three years of pain, The Seven year Itch.

三年之痛，七年之痒。

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The former Old Trafford and England star lifted the lid on three years of pain as he struggled to overcome crippling knee tendon problems.

前曼联、英格兰球星自己打开了话匣子，谈及关于三年来他努力克服受伤的膝盖肌腱问题时所经历的痛苦。

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Lawyers have been torturing the term as 21 states over the past three years of budget pain considered whether and how to force retailers (most notably Amazon) to collect sales tax.

在再过去的三年中，有21个州一边考虑支出预算，一边想着怎么怎样迫使零售商 （特别是亚马逊）缴纳销售税。 于是律师们一直在折磨着“关系”这个术语。

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And he has pencilled in two or three more years of pain from 2015 onwards.

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In a trial of 38, 546 people 60 and up, sponsored by the VA and Merck, a single dose reduced the incidence of shingles over the next three years by half and slashed severe cases of postshingles pain (usually lasting three months or more) by two-thirds, according to the results in the New England Journal of Medicine (June 2, 2005).

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The terrible pain of losing Stephen has eased over the three years, but there are times when it just comes flooding back.

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