We talked and talked, and so many hours passed by and darkness came.

我们交谈甚欢，好几个小时过去了，天黑了下来。

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The long and painful hours passed by.

漫长而痛苦的时光过去了。

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What seemed like hours passed by and the bushes around me rustled, was it a squirrel or the escaped bear?

好像有几小时过去了，我周围的灌木沙沙地响了起来。是只松鼠，还是那只逃跑的熊？

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