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ningeliweza kutumia mtandao wa intaneti, lakini ilikuwa ni vigumu mno.
i could use the internet occasionally, but it was very difficult.

na wakati huo ile mashua ilikwishafika karibu katikati ya ziwa, lakini ilikuwa inakwenda mrama kwa sababu upepo ulikuwa unaipinga.
but the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.

alipata elimu yake katika miji ya caracas na maracaibo, lakini ilikuwa ni huko paris ambako kazi yake ilipata mwelekeo wenye nguvu zaidi.
he received his education in the cities of caracas and maracaibo, but it was in paris where his career took a powerful turn.

hii haikuwa ziara ya kwanza ya rais nje ya nchi kukutana na madaktari wa kigeni. lakini ilikuwa ni mara ya kwanza kwa maafisa wa serikali kukiri kwamba rais alikuwa anapata matibabu.
this wasn't the president's first trip abroad to meet with foreign doctors, but it was the first time state officials admitted to sata's medical needs.

kilichotokea mwaka 2005 ilikuwa kwamba madikteta wa kijeshi walioegemea katika ukabila waling'atuliwa na nafasi ilijitokeza ikasimika badala yake utawala wa kiraia uliokuwa na muundo wa nusu-mabavu ambao uliruhusu desturi nyingi za kidemokrasia kwa muda mwingi zaidi, (utawala huo) ulishughulikia zaidi muwafaka wa kitaifa, urejeshwaji wa wakimbizi na maendeleo ya kiuchumi; ingawa siyo hema, lakini ilikuwa bora.
what happened in 2005 was that a military-personal-tribal dictatorship was overthrown and the chance arrived to replace it with a civilian semi-authoritarian structure that respected most democratic norms most of the time, and which made sensible moves towards national reconciliation, refugee return and economic development; not heaven, but infinitely better.