The baby had been ill but seemed to be on the mend.

这婴儿生病了，但看起来病情正在好转。

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They made dad-tables in their rooms and we talked about him constantly. How he had been ill, where he was now.

在他们的房间里做了很多跟爸爸有关的图表，我们也常常谈起他，他的病况，他现在的情况。

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I told them that he died because he had been ill, not in his body, but in his mind. How he had been depressed.

我告诉他们，梵高死了，因为他的大脑生病了，他感到非常抑郁。

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Calhoun had been too ill to hear Clay's speech.

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