"The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground." -author unknown.

最高大的橡树曾经也只是地上的一颗小坚果。

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Once a little toddler with bright curly blonde hair and deep brown eyes came up to us. She wore a white flower shirt and pink pants.

有个咿呀学语的小孩子朝他们走了过来，那孩子的头发卷曲且明亮，双眼泛着棕色，她穿的白花的上衣，粉色的裤子。

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We'll remind them that Dr.King was once a little boy heartbroken and angry to discover that his preschool friendship with a white child ended when first grade began.

我们会提醒他们，金博士曾经是一个伤心而气愤小男孩，因为他发现自己和一个白人孩子在上学前结下的友谊，由于一年级的开始戛然而止。

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But once the seeds are planted, she does suggest covering the soil with a little mulch to protect it during rains and dry periods.

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And when I threw those away, I was left once again with a little box, and I could do it again, and again, and again.

剔除之后,我得到了更小的方格,我可以一次一次的重复这个过程

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But once the financial crisis hit, things changed a little bit, and so there is more competition.

但一旦金融危机爆发了，情况稍微有所改变，因此竞争就会更激烈了。

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Once a little molasses is stirred in, much of this trash becomes cattle feed, trucked just a short distance to the feedlots dotted among the cotton fields.

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Airlines keep shrinking the size of seats to stuff more people onto planes, those empty middle seats that once provided a little more room are now occupied and more people with tickets are being turned away because flights are overbooked.

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Well, if you have ever observed how the second hand of a mechanical watch moves, you know that it appears to run smoothly (in stark contrast to the second hand of a quartz watch, which makes a little jump once a second).

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