I've often stopped writing the book and left it for a few years.

我经常停止写这本书，一停就停好几年。

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Nothing will happen for a few years yet.

几年内还不会发生什么事。

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As a student he tried communal living for a few years.

当学生时他尝试过几年集体生活。

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He worked in Boston for a few years, drawing illustrations for stories in several newspapers.

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I worked as a consultant in business for a few years.

我做过几年商业顾问。

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I lived in Asia for a few years.

我在亚洲住过几年。

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Women do it for a few years in order to earn substantial sums of money.

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Beamz has been firing lasers in the name of gesture-based performance for a few years.

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For a few years in the late 1990s the Smiths had tasted something better.

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