This is a great improvement on your previous work.

你的工作比先前有很大进步。

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Instead of getting down to a new task as I had expected, he examined the previous work again.

他没有像我所预想的那样着手做新工作，而是又检查了一遍先前的工作。

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Some people feel lonely after they retire from their posts because their previous work contacts may be all gone.

有些人在退休后感到孤独，因为他们以前工作中的熟人可能都不再联系了。

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Prior to the exams I will post previous exams online, so you have a feeling for how these exams work and so on.

考试前我会把历年真题放在网上,以便大家熟悉考试模式

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The men of Woolybucket get more generous treatment than in Ms Proulx's previous work.

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Dr Alonso's previous work in Tanzania showed that immunity was conferred in 59% of them.

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