A thirty-nine-year-old competitor collapsed half-way through the marathon.

一位39岁的参赛者在马拉松赛跑的中途瘫倒了。

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However, half a year passed and the old man felt better than before.

然而，半年过去了，老人不但没死，反而感觉身体比以前好了。

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The defense secretary hinted late last week that he saw a possible end in sight to the nearly 10-year-old war, thanks to security gains in the past year and a half.

上星期晚些时候盖茨暗示说，他看到将近10年之久的阿富汗战争可能结束，这要归功于过去一年半来在安全方面取得的成果。

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The year-and-a-half-old beasts, nearly as big as the petite 56-year-old, paw raw meat onto her tasseled loafer.

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Their plan is to raze roughly one-third of the 41-year-old, half-empty Foothills Mall and rebuild it by late 2014 as an open-air mall with up to 500 luxury apartments.

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The two-and-a-half year-old company was a finalist in the 2011 ImagineH2O Competition.

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