As the years passed he felt trapped by certain realities of marriage.

随着岁月的流逝，他感到受困于某些婚姻的现实情况。

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Four long years passed.

漫长的四年过去了。

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Two years passed by.

两年过去了。

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"As the years passed, most Americans were able to return to life much as it had been before 9/11.

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And another person from Harvard, Philip Stone one of the parents of positive psychology was Philip Stone, who passed away two years ago, yesterday.

还有一位哈佛的教授，积极心理学的另一位父辈，两年前的昨天去世了。

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Those were the years of the great wave of European immigration, before the United States passed restrictive immigration laws.

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More than seven years have passed since Bonds was called to testify before the grand jury, and nearly three and a half years have passed since he was first charged with lying to it.

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It seems the second millennium commemorating Jesus's birth passed several years ago, without fuss.

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They say that's already happening in Oregon, where a similar but more limited law passed two years ago.

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