It was getting toward evening when we got back.

我们回来时已将近傍晚。

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Toward evening the Pigeon said: "I'm very thirsty!"

傍晚时分，鸽子说：“我渴极了！”

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He wore her down toward evening.

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When rates rise to more normal levels, bond prices will drop just as the sun falls in the evening as it plummets toward the horizon as it sets in the west.

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This is Hillary Clinton toward the end of the encounter that evening, and just listen to what she says and how she says it.

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