Prospects for peace had already started to fade.

和平的前景已开始变得暗淡。

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At the time I wrote this, sophomore year had already started.

就在我写这一章的时候，新的学期已经开始了。

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I didn't even realize when I first walked in that class had already started.

我甚至没有意识到，我是在开始上课后才走进教室的，这是我第一次在英语课上迟到。

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He says Muslim leaders had already started looking at dangers on the Internet before the men went missing.

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Americans had already accepted Jefferson's word and started to use it.

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"These are people who are already receiving WFP food,actually they were receiving assistance through a voucher program that we had started earlier this year in support of these people and also of the market there."

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Ms Windsor said local businesses were behind their campaign and had already started petitions.

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By the time they tried to make the correction, the shutdown had already started.

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The stock had already started to bounce back strongly and now Netflix has bolstered those gains.

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