到了上世纪八十年代中期，随着股市再创新高，裙子长度比以往任何时候都要短。

By the mid-Eighties, they were shorter than ever when shares reached new heights.

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比20世纪70年代生产的大多数美国车都要短，这样的好处是漫步者不会看起来像路上的任何一辆车。

Shorter than most other American cars of the late 1970s, but just as wide, the Pacer had the advantage of looking like nothing else on the road.

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舒曼似乎是19世纪的典型代表，但他的许多短曲实际是大型作品的片段，只有连续地演奏才有完整的意义。

Schumann might seen the obvious 19th-century example, but many of his miniatures are really fragments of larger works, and only make complete sense in sequence.

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