The cloisters still retain something of the quiet and seclusion of former days.

回廊一带依然保留有几分当年的幽静出世之慨。

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When chatting away with my old friends, I am in the habit of unwittingly channeling the topic of conversation toward things of former days.

逢到和旧友谈话，就不知不觉地把话题转到旧事上去，这是我的习惯。

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After 32 days, some of the former skin cells had acquired the appearance of nerve cells and were producing neural proteins.

32天之后，某些以前的皮肤细胞已经获得神经细胞的外观，正在生成神经蛋白质。

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The red shirts, known to be supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, want the government to call the elections within 15 days.

VOA: standard.2010.04.03

In the days since a local court handed out two-year prison terms to seven former Indian employees of Union Carbide, many searching questions have been raised about the verdict.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

Jumblatt,however, blasted Hezbollah for using the release for political capital and questioned whether more political assassinations were in the cards now that the men were free: He says that the release of the generals was a sad spectacle, because they were symbols of the former Syrian tutelage over Lebanon, reminding us of the bad,old days.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

But sometimes I yearn for the days of former Fed chairmen Paul Volcker and Alan Greenspan, who revealed nothing of what the Fed was thinking.

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The 38-year-old finished at 2229 BST to shatter the former mark of nine days 23 hours, which was set by countryman Francis Joyon in 2000.

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That was all supposed to change years ago, at least as far back as the days of former GM Chairman Jack Smith, who retired back in 2003.

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