He made a promise to his great-grandfather? That would have been a long time ago.

In my neighbourhood, the local crack dealers would have taken him out a long time ago.

我们这片的本地毒贩早就想废了他了。

He must have started writing his book a long time ago.

他一定很久以前就开始写这本书了。

Recently I've started to do a lot of walking and cycling.

最近我开始经常散步和骑自行车。

Of course, there'squite obviously a lot of synergy between the two companies.

当然，这两家公司间非常明显地产生了巨大的协同效应。

HDTV is especially useful if there are a lot of special effects.

有很多特效的时候，高清电视就格外有用了。

Both teams played with a lot of quality, pace and tempo.

两支球队的水平都很高，节奏和速度都很快。

You get a lot of unruly drunks fighting each other.

有很多无法无天的醉鬼在相互斗殴。

A lot of this has to do with power and greed.

凡此种种都和权力与贪欲有关。

They learnt a lot from the initial market testing exercise.

他们从最初的市场测试中了解了许多信息。

He was a very mechanical person, who knew a lot about sound.

他精通机械，了解许多有关声音的知识。

I learned a lot from him about how to run a band.

我从他那里学到了许多关于经营乐队方面的东西.

He still had a lot of pent-up anger to release.

他还有很多强压的愤怒要发泄。

I got quite a lot of ribbing from my team-mates.

队友们经常开我的玩笑。

He is too much of a man of the world not to know better.

他是个深谙世故的人,不至于作出不合情理的事情.

He was a man of the world , and he knew a thing or two.

他是个老于世故的人, 而且很精明.

He began to feel that he was a man of the world.

他渐渐觉得自己是个见过世面的人了.

Are you a man of the world until you travel abroad?

出国旅行,才能使您成为世界人 吗 ?

Paul is very much a man of the world.

保罗是个很懂世故的人.

Bob is a man of the world; why not go to him for advice?

鲍勃是个通晓世故的人，干吗不去听听他的意见呢？

The main argument was submerged in a mass of tedious detail.

大量单调乏味的细节掩盖了主要论点.