The remark was made half in jest.

这话是半开玩笑说出的。

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A study, published in January in the US magazine, Science, found that almost all recorded shark species have fallen by half in the past 8 to 15 years.

1月在美国杂志《科学》上发表的一项研究发现，在过去8至15年间，几乎所有有记录的鲨鱼种类的数量都减少了一半。

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They live half the year in Missouri and half in Mexico.

他们一年中有一半时间住在密苏里，另一半时间住在墨西哥。

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In eighteen fifty, President Zachary Taylor died after serving about a year and a half in office.

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I need you tear not the page out; I need you to tear this phone book in half in front of 500 of your peers.

我不是要你仅仅撕下来那一页;,我要你当着500位同学的面,把整个电话薄撕成两半。

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So you know I say half in jest but it's actually really sad.

这话虽然是半开玩笑，但其实很可悲。

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For KFC, delivery accounts for a third of sales in Egypt and nearly half in Kuwait.

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Having brought on Naismith for skipper David Weir, Rangers began the second half in determined style.

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As many as two-thirds of all women work, up from half in the 1970s.

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