Of course, being a lifeguard working long hours in the sun makes the situation worse.

当然，成为一个在长时间在太阳下工作的救生员让情况更严重。

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Not long ago, just being in IRC was enough to forge bonds between chatters.

不久前，只需参加因特网中继聊天就足以在聊天者之间建立联系。

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She is a long way from being the richest person in Florida.

她远远算不上是佛罗里达最富有的人。

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And NASA is also being called on to develop new technologies to solve problems involved in long-term space flight for humans and robots.

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And they hunted down and killed a man known as Dulmantin, who had long been on Indonesia's most-wanted list, suspected of being involved in a 2002 attack on the island of Bali.

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Analysts say the latest attack is likely to push Pakistan to launch a long-awaited military offensive against terrorist bases in the Waziristan tribal region, which is also being used to launch attacks on international forces across the border in Afghanistan.

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Another chapter in this long history is currently being written in Iraq.

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The KC135 are capable of being used in a long-range operation by Israel against Iran.

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So, some of the reasons for being long in gold are certainly still out there.

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