Writer John Fitz Gerald first called New York the Big Apple, because New York is the place that many people dreamed of going to for the biggest prize of all.

作家约翰·菲茨·杰拉尔德最初称纽约为“大苹果”，因为纽约是许多人梦想去争夺最高奖项的地方。

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Blog (2003) First called 'web logs' which contracted into blogs.

博客(2003)最初被称为“网络日志”，后简称博客。

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I was first called and I was afraid to speak to God but I realized he had a job for me.

还记得第一次得以被上帝召唤时，我很害怕跟上帝说话，但不久我就意识到他要派给我个任务。

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President Obama notes that it was Theodore Roosevelt who first called for health care reform nearly a century ago.

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And so the story continues. In the third month, after the Exodus, the Israelites arrive at the wilderness of Sinai, and they encamp at the mountain where Moses was first called by God, the text says.

故事继续，在出埃及以后的第三个月，犹太人到达了西奈的荒野中,书上说，他们在摩西第一次被上帝召唤的山上露营。

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to get a first down as it's called or second and third and fourth down.

去拿下所谓的第一个10码进攻，然后是第二个，第三个，第四个。

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He first called Finkelstein, who advertises himself now as an addiction specialist, the document said.

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It has now been nearly a century since Theodore Roosevelt first called for health care reform.

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It was the Liberal leader, of course, who first called for a peoples' revolt against the carbon tax.

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