Now, their time of decline has come. It began a long time ago.

现在它们衰败的时间已经来临，很早以前就已开始了。

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Everyone knows that holidays like Christmas and Chinese New Year began a long time ago. But how about Valentine's day? -that holiday of chocolate and CARDS and Cupid?

大家都知道类似圣诞节和中国春节这样的节日在很久以前就有了。那么情人节这个属于巧克力、卡片和小爱神的节日呢？

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My interest in China began in Spain a long time ago.

我对中国的兴趣早在西班牙就开始了。

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It began a long time ago.

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"I began this story a long time ago before Twilight was even released, " Meyer said.

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Hadley, an Army veteran, began collecting black history items a long time ago and finally opened a museum in Thomasville, the only one of its kind in southwest Georgia.

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