我想我们很久以前见过一次。

I think we met once, ___long ___ago.

就在不久前我还见过他。

It was not ___long ___ago that I last saw him.

就在不久前，家庭晚餐还是一种普遍的习惯。

Not so ___long ___ago, family dinners were a common ritual.