For a long time I just wanted to play country music.

在过去的很长一段时间，我只想演奏乡村音乐。

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For a long period of time and in many parts of the country, a traveler was a welcome break in an otherwise dull existence.

很长一段时间，在美国的许多地方，旅行者是一种受欢迎的打破沉闷生活的方式。

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For a long period of time and in many parts of the country, a traveler was a welcome break in an otherwise dull existence.

很长一段时间，在美国的许多地方，旅行者是一种受欢迎的打破沉闷生活的方式。

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And mixed economic signals continue to call into question how long it will take for the country to emerge from recession.

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Do you think that we have the stomach to stay there for as long as it takes to stablise the country, given how important it is We are going to stay there for as long as we do.

考虑到重要性,您认为我们能不能坚持到这个国家的稳定,我们会留在那里。

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So I did teach English in a foreign country, in Greece for a year, a long time ago.

那么我在外国教过英语，在希腊教了一年，那是在很久以前了。

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For however long the country manages to survive for in fact.

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On its face, this clear use of ethnic, racial and religious profiling will not achieve greater security in the long term for our country.

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People said they wanted a government that didn't just do what was good for the headline or good for their Party but good for the long-term and good for our country.

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