I had been lulled into thinking the publicity would be a trivial matter.

我曾被误导相信宣传是件小事。

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I had been warned what to expect.

有人事先告诉过我要出什么事。

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At that time I had been job-hunting for six months.

那时我找工作已经找了六个月了。

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I was only 12, but I tried to sound like I had been doing this for years.

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That I wonder if I had been manipulated I had been all to.

我不知道是不是,一直被误导了。

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I had been living in Japan for two years prior to meeting her. I'd been over there,

在认识她之前，我在日本住了两年。那段时间我一直呆在日本，

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What if I had been asked to assess him just before he was released?

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Somehow, I had been able to skate by on this delusion for all too many years.

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