The delegates recognized that East Asiacooperation has made great progress although it started not long time ago.

与会学者一致认为，东亚合作进程虽开始较晚，但已取得较大进展。

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Not long ago, when his cat died, he cried and understood grief for the first time.

不久前，他的猫死了，他哭了，这是他第一次理解悲伤。

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Not long ago, Castresana contacted me again, and for the first time in a while he sounded enthused.

不久前，卡斯特雷萨纳再度联系了我，一段时间以来他的声音头回透着热情。

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Now that everything is did not live), it all seems a long time ago, though practically I still bear traces of the paint." Again, that parenthetical elides the death of the child.

这是莫娜的信：“现在一切都结束了,太可惜了，没能活下来！），一切似乎已经遥远，尽管自己至今,还在脸上留着残妆，“又一次的，这则附言草草提及孩子的死。

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