I used practically a whole bottle of red dye in the frosting, which in earlier days would appall me.

我几乎用了一整瓶的红色染料来做糖霜，这在早些时候会让我感到害怕。

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In earlier days, with a hat on.

在以前的天，一顶帽子上。

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In earlier days, the church proscribed dancing and cardplaying.

从前，教会禁止跳舞和玩牌。

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A comedy act in earlier days often included a part where one of the comedians would hit the others over the head with a soft object.

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You might even see the farmers sometimes who brought the food into market, and that was certainly true in earlier days.

有时候你甚至能在市场看到,农民在贩卖他们的农作物,过去的确是这样的

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Two days earlier, French President Nicolas Sarkozy was in Germany as thousands of people remembered a different war the Cold War.

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The capital's power, whether exerted by Moscow or (in earlier days) by St Petersburg, has awed provincials for centuries.

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In earlier days they did the same with the ruling Ottoman Turks.

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Blessed with Mr. Taylor's deep voice and a delivery not unlike Clint Eastwood's in earlier days, Walt instantly feels like the real deal.

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