There were rumors of unfathomable things, and because we could not fathom them we failed to believe them-until we had no choice and it was too late.

那里尽是一些风声鹤唳的谣言，因为我们无法探究真相，我们只好相信了——直到我们被逼无路，一切为时已晚。

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Once there was a true love in front of me, but I did not cherish, until when it is too late to regret losing, dust in the world is the most painful thing in the world.

曾经有一份真诚的爱情摆在我的面前，但是我没有珍惜，等到了失去的时候才后悔莫及，尘世间最痛苦的事莫过于此。

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He only hoped now that the real Prince Corin would not turn up until it was too late and that he would be taken away to Narnia by ship.

他现在只是希望真正的王子科林迟迟不会到来，这样他就可以坐在船上被带到纳尼亚去了。

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The home side batted slowly in the last session of the fourth day's play and did not declare on the final day until it was too late for either side to win.

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The writing was on the wall for years prior to the Great Recession, but we chose not to act or even acknowledge the issues until it was too late.

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Even though global economies and stock markets had recovered, the Fed did not reverse the rate cuts until June, 1999, and by then it was too late.

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