He was 29 when war broke out.

战争爆发时他29岁。

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Where were you living when war broke out ?

战争爆发时你住在哪儿？

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She would have preferred a normal life; but when war burst upon her, she responded with the compassion and resolve which were once the hallmarks of the Russian intelligentsia.

她可能也更愿意选择一个正常的生活，但当战争突然出现在她面前的时候，她以同情和决心做出回答，这曾经是俄罗斯知识分子的标志。

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When war was declared, the Army had only about twenty-five thousand men.

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Now when Black Boy was published there was a war bond advertisement on the back cover of the book.

当《黑孩子》出版时,战争债券的广告是附在书后的。

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Thomas was born in 1878, so he was thirty-six when the war began.

托马斯于1878年出生，战争开始的时候他36岁。

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He's not long in London when war breaks out and Lysander enlists in the army.

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Europe was slow to react when war came to the Balkans, its own backyard.

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This used to happen with radio, when War of the Worlds could cause a national panic.

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