" By, " this is a really precise end time, but not a very precise beginning time.

“截止” ，这是一个非常精确的结束时间，但不是一个非常精确的开始时间。

How did I feel? Did I look that bad? Was everything all right? By the time I got home, I was beginning to feel a little sick.

我感觉如何？我的脸色那么差吗？一切都正常吗？等我回到家里，我已经开始觉得有点想吐。

But she did want to have one more look inside it; for by this time she was beginning to wonder herself whether Narnia and the Faun had not been a dream.

不过她的确想再到里面去看看，因为这会儿连她自己都怀疑纳尼亚和羊怪的事是不是一场梦。