They were in at the start.

开始时他们在场。

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The talks had been hard going at the start.

会谈在开始时是艰难的。

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Passengers were piped aboard ship at the start of the cruise.

游客在管乐迎宾曲中登船开始水上游。

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Democrat Chris Dodd, chairman of Senate Banking Committee, says Ben Bernanke did not act fast enough at the start.

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So finger-pointing at the start of each list, 6 is indeed less than 8 so I'm gonna write it down first.

手指指向列表的开始，6肯定比,8小，我先把它写下来。

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I guess you just try. I don't know. Like at the start, I was like a bit judgmental about, like, the American culture

我觉得你只要尽力就好。我不知道。就像一开始，我也对美国文化有些品头论足的倾向，

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Wall Street lost some of its recent momentum at the start of the week.

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It is occurring just as was forecast at the start of the mission, almost to the month.

BBC: Herschel space telescope to go blind

The game picked up right where it left off, at the start of the ninth inning.

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