I saw him shortly before he died.
在他去世前不久我还见过他一面。
Shortly before Christmas, he was mysteriously taken ill.
圣诞节前不久，他突然莫名其妙地病了。
They had escaped to America shortly before war broke out in 1939.
1939年战争爆发前不久他们逃到了美国。
He had engaged in genealogical research on his family shortly before the War.
就在战争爆发前不久，他从事过对自己家族的家谱研究。
Eating shortly before going to bed is responsible for sleeplessness.
在睡前不久进食是导致失眠的原因。
Fortunately, Natalie's family escaped to Brooklyn shortly before the city's bridge closed.
幸运地是，在封桥前不久，娜塔莉的家人逃到了布鲁克林。
Though we've never had a catastrophic loss such as that, Gibbs and I did have a close call shortly before we decided to simplify.
虽然我们从未经历过那样的灾难性损失，但吉布斯和我确实在我们决定简化程序之前进行了一次简短的密切通话。
Neville Cardus, who wrote for the Manchester Guardian from 1917 until shortly before his death in 1975, is now known solely as a writer of essays on the game of cricket.
从1917年到1975年去世前不久一直为《曼彻斯特卫报》撰稿的内维尔·卡德斯，现在仅以撰写板球运动文章而闻名。
The telephone call came shortly before dinnertime.
电话在晚餐时间前响了。
Mozart composed his last opera shortly before he died.
莫扎特在创作出他最后一部歌剧后不久便去世了。
He arrived with a police escort shortly before half past nine.
快到9点半时，他由警察护送到达了。
Shortly before dusk they reached a fork and took the left-hand track.
快到黄昏时，他们来到一个岔路口，沿着左边的小径走去了。
But he died, shortly before Leverrier's discovery.
但是，在勒维烈成功发现海王星之前不久，贝塞尔不幸去世。
The envoys left Seoul shortly before the funeral began.
代表团在金大中的葬礼就要开始之前离开了首尔。
Shortly before this flatness we saw sargasso weed floating by.
就在大海平静下来前不久，我们看见有尾藻类海草在海面上漂过。
She described hearing "terrible noises" shortly before the arrest.
她描述说,就在逮捕前，她听到“可怕的声响”。
Terra’s view is shortly before noon each day, and Aqua’s is shortly after.
泰拉的视图大约是在每天中午前不久，而阿卡则是中午过后不久。
The chef said he was given the picture shortly before he fled to Japan in 2001.
这位厨师说他这张相片是在他2001年逃回日本前不久得到的。
Said by: Carl Panzram, serial killer, shortly before he was executed by hanging.
出自：卡尔·潘兰，连环杀手，在他要上绞架之前这么说。
It was induced when shortly before the war I received a picture of my sweetheart.
它被引起是在战前不久，当时我收到一张女友的照片。
Some of its candidates were apparently registered shortly before the polling date.
显然它的一些候选人甚至在投票日之前才去注册。
'Our ladies are very vulnerable,' she tells me shortly before the meeting starts.
‘我们的女士们非常脆弱，’在见面开始之前，她这样告诉我。
He was last seen on the 10th floor, heading upward, shortly before the tower collapsed.
他最后一次被人看见是在第10楼，正往上冲，就在大楼坍塌不久前。
Then one day, shortly before Easter, three bunny rabbits were placed on the shelf beside him.
又过了一些时候，在复活节前不久的某天，三只兔子也被放上了货架，在他的旁边。
It happened shortly before a graduation ceremony for soldiers was due to start at the base.
枪击案发生时，基地原计划将要举行一个士兵的毕业典礼。
"You can be in the black with green ideas," he said in an interview shortly before the election.
“你可以做一个持绿色观点的黑党。”他在选举即将开始前的采访中说道。
Italian television, largely under his sway, mostly ignored them until shortly before polling.
而在他威权控制之下的意大利电视台几乎把公投屏蔽，直到投票即将开始才恢复。
Goody's body was taken out of her home and placed in the back of an estate car shortly before 8am.
上午8点前，古蒂的遗体被从家中抬出，安放到一辆客货两用轿车的后部。
Clarissa hasn't worked since the summer of 1991, shortly before she delivered our third child.
自从1991年夏天克拉丽莎即将生下我们的第三个孩子以来，她就没再工作过。
Clarissa hasn't worked since the summer of 1991, shortly before she delivered our third child.
自从1991年夏天克拉丽莎即将生下我们的第三个孩子以来，她就没再工作过。
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