Where have you been? Mom's been looking for you all day. She has looked for you everywhere.
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translation added by ⁌ ULY ⁍Gold en-ru
My friend has smoked for ten years, so it's not easy for them to give it up.
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translation added by ⁌ ULY ⁍Gold en-ru
My friend has been smoking for ten years. It's hard for them to give it up.
Судя по всему, я не должна опоздать на мероприятие, но могут быть обстоятельства, которые от нас не зависят.
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I shouldn’t be late to the event, but there may be circumstances beyond my control.
translation added by ⁌ ULY ⁍Gold ru-en
I didn't want to be late for the meeting. We were to meet at 5 sharp.
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Я не хотел опоздать на встречу/совещание. (Предполагалось, что) мы должны были встретиться ровно в пять.
translation added by Alexander АkimovGold en-ru
I didn't want to be late for the meeting. We had to meet at 5 sharp.
Humanity has created many different inventions, like, printing press, telephone, telegraph, radio, television and other. Still, we cannot ask sombody: Who has invented the phone? - because it's grammatically incorrect. We have to use past simple tense here, because this is not a new invention.
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translation added by ⁌ ULY ⁍Gold en-ru
Он пригласил меня к себе в гости. Мы хорошо поладили, и я остался у него на все 10 дней моей поездки.
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He invited me to his place, and we got on so well that I ended up staying all ten days of my trip.
translation added by ⁌ ULY ⁍Gold ru-en
Я люблю ходить в гости. Вчера мы ходили в гости к моему другу. В конце вечера я пригласила его прийти к нам в среду. Теперь я с радостью жду, когда он придет.
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I love going to see friends. Yesterday, we went to see a friend of mine. When we were leaving, I invited them over on Wednesday, and I'm already looking forward to him.
translation added by ⁌ ULY ⁍Gold ru-en
Я отвык вставать рано и пить черный кофе.
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I stopped getting up early and drinking black coffee.
translation added by ⁌ ULY ⁍Gold ru-en