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| NOUN usually in negatives or questions |
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| | a long period of time 长时间；长时期 | It didn’ t take long to get there. 到那儿用不了多长时间。 | | It wasn’ t long before I realized I’ d made a mistake. 不久我就意识到我犯了一个错误。 | | | a | soon 很快 | | She joined the company in 1995, and before long she was promoted to sales manager. 她于1995年成为该公司的一名职员，很快她就被提拔为销售经理。 | | | | b | for a long period of time 长久；长期 | | Have you been married for long? 你结婚很久了吗？ | | I haven’ t known them for long. 我认识他们没多久。 | | |
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| - | the long and the short of it
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| used for saying that you will tell someone a long and complicated story very quickly and simply |
| 总而言之；总的来说 |
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| Well, the long and the short of it is that they got divorced last year. 唔，总之，他们去年离了婚。 |
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