History is much more than the study of dusty old objects and events long past.

历史不仅仅是研究尘封已久的古老物品和过去已久的事情。

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We are long past being surprised when complicated and nuanced problems are, amid an electoral whirlwind, turned into reductionist rallying cries.

我们过去一直很惊讶，在选举旋风当中，简化论者会把所有复杂和琐碎的问题都会呼天抢地地吵闹一番。

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She's long past retirement age.

她早已超过了退休年龄。

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And we do. Cracking jokes,grins, Long past the crack of dawn Like"How long will you be up?"

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I only want to suggest to you with this long preamble that much of the work that lies before us is actually in the past and we have already accomplished it.

我之前讲这么多，只是想让大家知道,这么多的疑问我们之前已经遇到了,并且已经解决了。

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Mr.Hawass is often described as a colorful leader who has brought Egypt's long-ago past to the attention of the world.

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The days are long past when Internet search was mostly confined to text on websites.

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"Important today is to realize that the time for talking is long past, " Diouf said.

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"By the mid-21st century, the peak of secular European politics will be long past, " writes Kaufman.

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