| EXAMPLE SENTENCES | ||
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从前，那里住着一个皇帝。 Once there lived an Emperor. | ||
传统故事采用“从前…”一类的套语。 Traditional stories make use of formulaic expressions like 'Once upon a time...'. | ||
从前的夏天，我们经常泛舟湖上。 We used to go sailing on the lake in summer. | ||
从前，有过一个十分简单的答案。 Once upon a time, there was a simple answer. | ||
从前的加那利群岛居民继续喝着酒。 The former inhabitant of the Canary Isles continued his dithyrambic. | ||
近来这一带地方已远不如从前了。 The neighbourhood has gone down a lot recently. | ||
从前，只有有产者才能登记为选民。 In former times, only property owners could be registered as voters. | ||
他跟从前一样拙笨和粗鲁。 He seemed as awkward and rough as ever. | ||
他们从前的敌人正在重整军备。 Their former enemy is arming again . | ||
你们从前算不得子民，现在却作了神的子民。从前未曾蒙怜恤，现在却蒙了怜恤。 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. | ||