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She spurted past me to get to the line first.

她冲刺超过我，率先抵达终点线。

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Steel has given a figure of "20 hours" when describing her "exhausting" process in the past, "I started the book and didn't leave my desk until the first draft was finished."

斯蒂尔用20小时来描述她过去“筋疲力尽”的写作过程：“我从开始写作到第一稿完成的过程中没离开过桌子。”

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The UConn Huskies entered the game undefeated for the past two seasons, yet they were behind after the first half.

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So, in her first minute of San Narciso, a revelation also trembled just past the threshold of her understanding.

所以当她第一次，见到San，Narciso时，她获得了超过理解力范围的，震撼的启示。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

That's first thing that we discussed in the past lecture.

这是我们过去探讨过的问题。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

The Conservatives vehemently oppose the alternative vote, arguing that the current first past the post voting system "delivers clear, clean results" even if it does currently seem to work against them.

BBC: Hung parliaments of the past

The idea is simple: propel yourself down two narrow 120-metre-long bog water-filled trenches using only your feet (no swimming strokes allowed) and the first to past the peaty post is the winner.

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But the first-past-the-post voting system for MPs is a huge obstacle for any small party.

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