Time moved at a snail's pace before the holidays.

放假的时间过得很慢。

Those were events antecedent to the revolution.

这些都是革命的事了。

He came here a week ago today.

他在一周的今天来到这里。

The campus is different from how it was 20 years ago).

校园和二十的样子不一样了）。

Some old people always hark back to how things were 30 years ago.

有些老人老是喜欢十的状况。

Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca went cautiously across the hearthrug.

汤姆大拇和亨卡忙卡小心翼翼地穿过壁炉的地毯。

For armchair fans back home, it was one of the highlights of the Sydney Olympics.

对于家中电视的体育迷来说，这是悉尼奧运会的亮点之一。

Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.

朱可夫是苏联的一位元帅。

The pair of lions which were found five years ago were metallic.

这对五现的狮子是金属制的。

The statement of the last witness controvert the evidence of the first two.

最后一个证人的陈述反驳了两人的证词。

The idea emanated from a discussion we had the other day.

这个主意是在我们几天的一次讨论中想出来的。

It is a recent purchase of mine.

那是我几天买来的。

This big shop is an outgrowth of my little shop I started three years ago.

这所大商店是由我开办的那个小店铺展而成的。

Check all your wiring before switching on the current.

开启电流检查所有的电线路。

The last firm he worked for caved in.

他所服务的一个公司倒闭了。

The truck’s headlights were all fuzzy and ghostlike.

卡车的灯光模糊一片，鬼火一样。

The Government wants to put the new reforms in motion before the election.

政府想在大选启动新的改革。

Carrying a prophage within the cell.Used of a bacterium.

产噬的在细胞内带有噬菌体的。

It’s his job to rev up the audience before the show starts.

他要负责在表演开始鼓动观众的热情。

He has never before featured in the top ten world rankings.

以他从未进入过世界排名的10 位。