The birth of their first child marked the beginning of a new era in their married life.

第一个孩子的出世使他们的婚姻生活开始了一个新阶段。

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The wedding marked the beginning of a new phase in Emma's life.

婚礼标志着埃玛生活新阶段的开始。

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Maybe it was the beginning of something better in life, better than you could ever have thought possible before clamping your jaws down over the vital bait.

也许这是更美好生活的开始，要比你闭上嘴、咬住那极为重要的鱼饵之前所能够想到的要好。

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There seems to be in existence from the beginning of creation this universal moral law, and that is: the God-endowed sanctity of human life.

这个道德准则似乎在,创始之初就存在，它是指：,上帝使人类具有神圣性。

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Against the backdrop of Marx's thought pervading - not just Russian life but beginning to pervade Russian government-- against this backdrop, the idea of struggle, as in class struggle, is going to predominate.

马克思的思想不但席卷,俄国普通百姓的生活，并且开始影响俄国政府-,在这样的背景下，人们认为阶级斗争是历史发展的主要推动力。

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Supporters of the concept said they hoped the debate would continue and marked the beginning of a conversation to improve end-of-life care.

WSJ: Assisted suicide on legal agenda in several states

He said that as a result, there would be "a number of changes", including beginning a project to improve end-of-life care and implementing a new system of appointment booking to deal with a backlog of operations.

BBC: Morecambe Bay NHS Trust reveals 'recovery plan'

The worst of the credit crisis is over, and the housing market is beginning to show signs of life--although highly speculative markets such as southern Florida will still be hit with many more foreclosures.

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