After his first wife died, he married again with almost indecent haste.

他的第一个妻子死后，他几乎是迫不及待地就再婚了。

《牛津词典》

I felt as if I'd lost the key to my father's heart, and he died before I could find it again.

我感觉自己仿佛失去了打开父亲心扉的钥匙，而他在我重新找回这把钥匙之前就去世了。

youdao

Until the day Samuel died, he did not go to see Saul again, though Samuel mourned for him. And the Lord was grieved that he had made Saul king over Israel.

撒母耳直到死的日子，再没有见扫罗，但撒母耳为扫罗悲伤，是因耶和华后悔立他为以色列的王。

youdao

That is who we are. That is what we do." Mr.Obama honored the 78 West Point graduates who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan, and he again said the U.S.is poised to end its combat mission in Iraq in the next few months.

VOA: standard.2010.05.22

They never saw one another again before he died in 1999.

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This resulted in him losing his seat in Parliament and not being able to stand again before he died, which was of course the key objective.

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"The last time I saw my grandfather before he died, he told me again about meeting my grandmother in Grand Central, " said Ruthie Ackerman, his granddaughter.

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