It was as though Corinne was already dead: they were speaking of her in the past tense.

就好像科琳已经死了似的：他们当时在用过去时态谈起她。

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A spokeswoman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it was possible the whale was already dead before becoming pinned to the bow.

美国国家海洋和大气局的发言人表示，这头鲸有可能在被卡到船首之前就已经死去了。

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It finally hit her that someone was using a time machine, to go back in time, and revive someone who was already dead.

终于，她想明白了，一定是有人利用了什么时间机器回到过去，让什么已经死掉的人复活了。

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The students found a poisonous snake once, but it was already dead.

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The prosecutor said it was likely that she was already dead.

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Such radio waves act like the microwaves in an oven, heating organic matter up to the point where, if it was not dead already, it soon will be.

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