He was born six years after the century began, and died ten years before it ended.

他于本世纪开始的六年后出生，又在距离本世纪结束的十年前去世。

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She ran this shop for ten years before deciding to move on to fresh challenges.

她经营这家商店10年之后，决定罢手去迎接新的挑战。

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I wrote my poems in this manner for nearly ten years before my first book was published.

在我的第一本书出版之前，我用这种方式写诗写了将近十年。

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His historic performance took place ten years before black singer Marian Anderson performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

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Welles heard that obviously, and he quickly came back. But when she died, he stopped taking lessons, before that, he was adept before he was ten years old.

威尔斯当然听到了，所以他,很快回来了，但在,他母亲去世之后，他就不再上课了，在这之前，在他十岁的时候他就对乐器很熟练了。

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For almost ten years before that, the archeologist had served as chief antiquities official.

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The cigarettes ruined my bowels and I smoked them only ten years before I noticed the warnings.

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Unfortunately, however, it will likely be another ten years before the technology is ready to hit the market.

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This compares with 127, 628 Chinese students, a number that is 2.3 times what it was ten years before.

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