He was tall for an eight-year-old.

对一个8岁的孩子来说他长得很高。

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The prospects for peace in the country's eight-year civil war are becoming brighter.

在该国的8年内战中，和平的前景正变得越来越光明。

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For example, 65-year-old women with fewer than eight years of schooling are expected, on average, to live to 82.

例如，受教育少于8年的65岁女性，平均预期寿命为82岁。

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Ten children ages eight to fourteen were in New York recently for the finals of this year's Discovery/3M Young Scientist Challenge.

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And the company grew 80%per year for the first eight years compounded, and 60 % per year for the six years after that, which adds up to tens of billions real quick, as you know.

公司保持百分之八十的年增长,持续了八年，这之后的六年，每年增长百分之六十，正如你们所知，在很短的,一段时间内赚了数百亿。

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The administration is also asking that Congress approve an additional two hundred seventy-eight million dollars for next year.

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Examples of the words which pupils will be expected to spell include "gnash" (for eight-year-olds), "quickly" (for nine-year-olds), "marvellous" (for 10-year-olds) and "aeronaut" (for 11-year-olds).

BBC: Spelling out school improvement

Not only does the Maastricht treaty prohibit it from taking orders from politicians, but members of the executive board are appointed for eight-year, non-renewable terms, insulating them from pressures to please politicians in order to get reappointed.

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The draft plan reported by USA Today calls for an eight-year path to permanent residency for undocumented immigrants, who would face a criminal background check and have to pay back taxes, learn English and get a new "lawful prospective immigrant" visa.

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