"I lost a big portion of this property but there's a lot of people in this city who have lost their lives and their livelihoods.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

You are lost. You're in a new city and you're lost and you don't know where you're going.

你迷路了。你刚到一个城市，没法找到方向。你不知道你该怎么走。

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Elsewhere, farmers have not fared as well. In Niger,the city of Agadez lost close to 400 hectares of land used for farming and cattle.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08