When you have two otherwise complete sentences that you want to connect to form one long sentence, use a semicolon between them.

当你想把两个完整的句子连接成一个长句时，可以在它们之间加一个分号。

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Kim's Note: This is a classic, romantic, movie sentence. Long-lost lovers always use this sentence when they are reunited.

这是句经典、浪漫的电影台词。久别重逢的恋人们总是在见面的时候说这句话。

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In reviewing court records, Ms. Berger fought with prosecutors from before her indictment until she was finally sentenced March 5, 2013, as to why she was being singled out for such a long sentence when the others involved had received something significantly less.

FORBES: Prosecutors Wanted LIFE Sentence for Mortgage Broker in Pittsburgh