He went down to the country yesterday.

昨天他到乡下去了。

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This is a subject very dear to the hearts of academics up and down the country.

这是全国学者都极为重视的话题。

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Each proceeds to play down the role of his own country.

每进行一步就会使自己国家的作用更少一点。

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The country had hoped to bring that figure down to 140 deaths per 100,000 births by 2015 as part of its commitment to its Millennium Development Goals,or MDGs.

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The peace dialogue had lowered tensions between the rivals, but has flagged amid repeated Indian accusations that Pakistan is not doing enough to clamp down on terror groups operating from the country.

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General Aziz announced his candidacy in an interview with the al-Arabiya television network, saying he will step down in three weeks and allow the President of the Senate to run the country during his campaign for the presidency.

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The Economy Ministry said this was down to the country "continuing its marked process of re-orientating its sales to other markets where the economic outlook is more favourable, such as the Middle East, Africa and United States".

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The winners, meanwhile, have got down to running the country.

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If you are British or American, you will have to imagine David Dimbleby or David Letterman stepping down from the screen to sort the country out.

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