Roy and four other cars revved their engines at the starting line, and then they were off.

罗伊和其他四辆车在起跑线上发动了引擎，然后就出发了。

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He pulled off his race number and headed to the tunnel behind the starting line.

他扯下了比赛号码向起跑线后方的通道走去。

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Despite having hosted several major international events over the past two years, Ghana has once again been slow off the starting line.

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They did, however, go through with letting about 35, 000 runners take off from the starting line for a half marathon and shorter races.

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Spectators watch from shore as the big yachts jockey before the start, trying to avoid one another and the treacherous rocks off the Squadron, as they pound toward the narrow starting line.

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