After years of neglect and decline, the city was cleaning itself up.

在多年的荒废和衰退之后，该城市在进行自我整治。

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Countries have their rise and decline.

国家都有兴起和衰亡。

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How can we make, accept and decline invitations?

我们如何提出、接受和拒绝邀请？

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Professor Jones had used the words "trick" and "hide the decline" in relation to a graph showing temperature decreases.

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And in the--from 1989 to 2006 there was a pretty significant decline, but even in 1989 the numbers weren't very high.

我们看到,从1989到,2006年有个很明显的下降,但是即使是在1989年这个数字也不高

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Well, there's this funny glitch here between three-month and one-year, but then it just continued to decline.

虽然在三月到一年期债券间有个小波折,但整体趋势是向下的

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Basic trends have been decline in land under cultivation and decline and aging of farming communities.

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Signing bonuses are most heavily concentrated at the top of the first round and decline after that.

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There would be pronouncements of your decline and denials of your decline and eventually acceptance of your decline.

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