The master, a red-faced man with a pleasant voice, was called Rice; he had a cheerful manner with boys, and the time passed quickly.

主人是一个声音悦耳的红脸男人，名叫赖斯；他和孩子们相处得很愉快，时间过得很快。

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He passed the time chatting with fellow travellers.

他与同行的旅客闲聊消磨时间。

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As time passed and work with their respective first clients became more and more difficult, John and Sue realized that they had been assigned two of the toughest clients in town.

随着时间的流逝，和他们各自的第一批客户一起工作变得越来越困难，约翰和苏意识到他们被分配给了镇上两个最难对付的客户。

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As time passed, the area filled with material left by rivers.

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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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When my mother was ill with lung cancer, I was able to spend a great deal of time with her before she passed away.

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It's about dealing with memories, friends and time passed.

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He often went to buy tools with which to repair the ranch house, but he also passed the time of day chatting with the gardener, or with the keepers of the general store and the hardware store, whose livelihoods he diminished day by day, as he lengthened the accounts he had with each of them.

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