At first they all thought I was a loony.

起初他们都以为我是个疯子。

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If you zipped the files first, they did not become read-only when written to the CD.

如果你先压缩了这些文件，写入光盘时它们就不变成只读文件。

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First, they are also adding news briefs and comprehensive indexes.

首先，他们还增加了新闻简报和综合索引。

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But first they have to get past his secretary.

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Things can't become holy and can't come into contact with the holy or the sacred if they are not first pure.

事物不可能变得神圣或是与神圣有联系,如果它们连纯洁都算不上。

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And I know that like in Japan, they like to cultivate relationships first before they do business with one another,

我知道，在日本，人们在做生意之前先经营彼此关系。

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First they make me redundant and then they kick me out of my house.

BBC: Connaught House

First they use 30-foot yellow ropes to mark off two 30-foot rows of corn.

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The first they knew about it was when the water came through their front doors.

BBC: Flood of 1953: Protecting Kent from another surge