I have been waiting for nearly half a year, the loan finally down.

我已经等了快半年了，贷款终于下来了。

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It was nearly half a year later that two workers were sent to my house to fix it.

半年以后才派两位工人来我家里修理。

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We spent nearly half a year gathering all the chocolate material and chocolate artists.

我们花费了将近半年的时间收集所有的巧克力原料和巧克力工艺品。

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The World Health Organization says tobacco kills nearly five and a half million people a year -- another victim every six seconds.

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Nearly a year and a half after the uprisings against the 30 year rule of Hosni Mubarak, Egypt is struggling to find its footing.

CNN: Egypt president's tricky game of power

When the G20 finance ministers gather in Paris they face a stark fact: that nearly a year and a half since Greece received its first bailout, the crisis remains unresolved.

BBC: Eurozone debt crisis: Greece's wild card

Nearly a year and a half into the U.S. mortgage crisis, Congress has taken its most significant step in coming to the aid of beleaguered borrowers and propping up mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac .

FORBES: Help Is On the Way