Once long ago he had considered becoming a state trooper.

很久以前他曾考虑过当一名州警官。

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We met once long ago.

我们从前碰到过一次。

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ONCE long ago there lived on the Banks of a beautiful Canadian river a powerful Indian tribe.

很久以前，有一条美丽的加拿大河，岸边住着强大的印第安部落。

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And on six Sunday nights a year, ballroom dancers from as far away as St.Louis - two states away in Missouri - once again head to downtown Indianapolis to swing to the music of big bands and rekindle memories of long-ago dances and romances at the Roof.

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She sometimes recognized on the faces of others joy and ambition and other emotions she could recall having had once, long ago.

NEWYORKER: Death of a Revolutionary

Once, long ago, this farmer worked his fingers to the bone so his son could learn to be a clerk at the castle.

NEWYORKER: Deniers

The hope is that the new government will soon find its feet and turn its attention to reintegrating Kolkata into a global economy that it was once, long ago, at the heart of.

ECONOMIST: Reviving Kolkata