Computers have taken the place of typewriters in most offices.

在大多数办公室，电脑已经取代了打字机。

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I should never have taken that job in the first place.

我当初就不该接受那份工作。

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It does my heart good to see the old place being taken care of so well.

看到故居被照管得这么好，真叫人高兴。

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The competition was first held in two thousand two and has taken place every two years since two thousand five.

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That appears to have taken place about 3000 B.C.

青铜时代大约出现在公元前三千年

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oh, this whole place is completely taken over!

哦！那这里将会被塞得满满的！

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That led to Baby being changed, his place taken by Francois Trinh-Duc, but that did not dim French morale.

BBC: France 21-16 Wales

As you know, those that can be safely and securely transferred either back to their home country or to a third country, more of those transfers have taken place in the past eight months than have taken -- than took place in the previous eight years.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

And those kinds of conversations, broadly speaking, continue to take place -- have taken place and will continue to take place.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing