Now, the ice is taking longer to grow back.

现在，冰层再次形成需要更长时间。

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Trains and cars initially allowed people to live at greater distances without taking longer to reach their destination.

火车和汽车最初使人们可以住在相隔较远的地方，而不需要花费更长的时间来到达目的地。

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This meeting is taking longer than expected.

这次会议比预期的要长。

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It is even for an average family taking a longer trip than just a work commute, you really are going to have to have transportation fuel."

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It's taking a little longer to get there than I thought.

在路上的时间比我预想的要长。

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But more importantly were the economic and political consequences for Saakashvili, so that he could no longer claim to be taking Georgia forward fast and promise that people's lives would improve due to the growing economy because now the economy has slumped,".

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Such grand projects have a habit of costing more and taking longer than originally promised.

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At the same time, new potential blockbuster drugs are taking longer to reach the market.

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The City of Lincoln Council said a chemical-clean of the water system was taking longer than expected.

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