But shortly afterwards, when it just begins to get light, she gets up. As she grows older, her sleep is getting lighter.

只是没睡多久，她便起床了，这时，天才微亮——随着年纪的增长，她的睡眠开始慢慢变浅。

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The coup failed but the government fell shortly afterwards.

政变虽然流产，但是不久以后政府便垮台了。

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Roslan married his first wife in 1986 and his second in 1995.He married a third time in 2001 but divorced shortly afterwards.

罗斯兰先后于1986年和1995年与他的两个妻子结婚，之后又于2001年娶了第三个妻子，但婚后不久即离婚。

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But shortly afterwards, China's central bank established a domestic competitor, China UnionPay, and gave it a de facto monopoly over the handling of local-currency payments between merchants and banks.

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He was placed in a hotel paid for by the charity but died shortly afterwards.

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