Time passed, and still Ma did not appear.

时间一点点过去，可是玛还没有出现。

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Time passed, and the nine months grew shorter and shorter.

时间飞快，九个月一点一点地过去。

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Time passed quickly, and three months went by before we knew it.

时间过得很快，不知不觉三个月过去了。

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They did not expect an easy life. And as time passed, they found solutions to most of the problems of farming on the Great Plains.

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He hung out with them and then the time passed and the world didn't end.

他和他们一起等，时间过去了,但世界末日并没有出现。

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The bill was passed, and within five months after the bill was passed, we had double digit unemployment for the first time.

法案顺利通过，法案通过后五个月，失业率就达到了两位数,是史上第一次。

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Also, as a little time passed, I became open to making the big changes.

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As time passed on, he started applying to any job, no matter how little prestige or pay they offered.

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Eventually, time passed and he buried his fingers in the hair at the nape of her neck.

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