The book he's trying to read goes back to long before even the first word was written, and it is a story of migration.

他尝试阅读的这本书可以追溯到很久以前，甚至在第一个字被写出来之前，这是一个关于移民的故事。

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It is a long time after they separated, but it won't be long before they meet again.

他们已经分开很长时间了，但不久他们就会再次见面。

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It is still a very long way before we humans will use real green products.

我们人类要使用真正的绿色产品，还有很长的路要走。

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While Iraq still has a long way to go before it reaches stability, there is a certain sense of satisfaction in how the elections were conducted.

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If we weren't so pressed for time, I kinda wanna see how long we could get away with this before it gets awkward, but that, in fact, is an infinite loop t hat's hopefully deliberate.

如果有时间，我想看看,我们需要花多长时间解决这一问题，事实上，它是我故意,使用的无穷循环。

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String is actually not a data type in C. It actually is something called a char star and we'll come back to this before long.

字符串在C语言里其实不是一种数据类型,而是一种称为char，*的数据类型,这个知识点我以后会讲到。

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It is not long before Lown fails a series of breath tests, but even after a final warning he is not convinced by the officers' stance.

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One person in the office gets sick and it is not long before half the workforce has taken to their bed.

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It is going to take a long time before our economy is able to employ all these people unless they get some sort of technical training.

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