His long illness and consequent absence put him far behind in his work.

因病缺席很久，耽误了很多课程。

We do not think such an abnormal phenomenon will last long.

我认为这样的反常现象不会持续很久。

I went through a long obsession with potlatch.

我曾经很久对potlatch着迷。

I haven't seen him for yonks .

我很久没见过了。

Their ready answer suggested that they had long bided that.

很爽快的回答表明经等待这个(要求)很久了。

Long long ago, we knew the periodic motion of a planet.

很久以前, 我就知道行的周期运动。

For a person who has known them so long you are strangely oblivious to their faults.

对于一个认识很久的人来说，你常地没有意识到的缺点。

That was a great while ago.

那是很久以前的事了。

The murderess felt that her hands were stained with blood long after the marks had been removed.

那个女杀手把手上的血迹洗掉很久后,仍觉得手上血迹斑斑。

I remember that distant afternoon.

我记得很久之前的那个下午。

Once upon a dream , gifted with grace and beauty , the lovely Princess Aurora provokes the jealousy of the wicked fairy Maleficent .

在很久很久以前，一位美丽又善良的公主奥萝拉，受到恶毒女巫的妒忌，要加害于她。

An avocet has a long, strongly upcurved bill which contains a complex and highly specialized system of lamellae capable of filtering out small food items.

我找了一下网路上的资料，似也没有讨论嘴上弯原因的文献，可能有很久以前的，不过就不太好找了。