Before midday a dozen fires were burning.

在正午前就已经有许多火堆燃烧。

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If you are feeling down in the dumps before midday, take heart. You are not alone.

如果你在周一中午之前还垂头丧气，打起精神来，并不是你一个人这样子。

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Shortly before midday she appeared on television, walking from the building unassisted.

中午之前不久，希拉里出现在电视上，在无人搀扶的情况下走出了公寓大楼。

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The violence began just before midday Saturday when a group of heavily armed militants in army uniforms tried to enter the Pakistani military headquarters.

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He was flagged down by two men on the A299 Thanet Way just before midday.

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He woke shortly before midday with the feeling that he had lived in Paris for many years.

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Following the attack last year, Mrs Geraghty was found just before midday in the alleyway leading from Elizabeth Grove to Kershaw Street.

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