The meeting got off to an inauspicious start when he was late.

他迟到了，此次会议一开始就不顺。

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The meeting got off to a rough start when a neighbor called the police to say Gates was breaking into the White House.

会议的开始很艰难，因为一个邻居打电话给警察说盖茨正在闯入白宫。

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Have already canned not remember clearly Chu from when start, knew you on the net, that meeting my supercilious with be not good at a speech, a time take my chat in to arrive to break up most.

已经记不清楚从什么时候开始，在网上认识了你，那会我的高傲与不擅言语，一次的将我的聊天带入到最的瓦解。

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The selloff intensified during the afternoon, when minutes from the central bank's last policy meeting indicated some members were willing to start rolling back bond-buying as early as June, though the decision makers didn't near agreement on the matter.

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