Sailors took note of this long ago, and came up with a saying: "The farther the sight, the nearer the rain."

水手们很久以前就注意到了这一点，并想出了一句谚语：“看得越远，雨越近。”

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I wish I bought this long ago. Excellent!

我希望我买了这很久以前。优秀！

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He sees now from the quiet of her voice that she must have known this long ago.

他从她平静的声音中听出她肯定早已料到。

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This idea developed long ago in British common law to define the responsibility of teachers toward their students.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

So I gave you some numbers I made up actually a long time ago, but since I've been using this game in class, somebody went out and checked.

我列举的数字都是我很久前编出来的,在我需要在课上引用数字的时候就有了,有人还为此做了调查

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I should have started writing this paper a long time ago.

我早该开始写这篇论文。

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Virtually every country in Asia allowed this long ago (including even China and Cambodia), because domestic telecoms firms that carry calls share in the profits.

ECONOMIST: Foreign direct investment

We learned this long ago in the U.S. and it resulted in major U.S. corporations offshoring repetitive, manufacturing work or upgrading it through technology to the point where it became skilled work.

FORBES: Lost Manufacturing Jobs: Good Riddance?

Barnes and Noble did this long ago.

FORBES: Tim O'Reilly on Piracy, Tinkering, and the Future of the Book