Last month the World Bank predicted a 2% decrease this year - the largest drop since the 1940s.

VOA: special.2009.01.16

We also drop the lowest score on a problem set and also lest in my appeal in the last lecture in this sounds a little too tailored to only those less comfortable realize too those more comfortable as we'll see today.

我们会划定最低分数,正如今天你们将看到的,这样做很照顾学习吃力的学生,今天大家就可以看到这一点。

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Advertising sales dropped sixteen percent last year, and the group expects another ten percent drop this year.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

Another report on Thursday showed a small drop in the number of newly jobless workers last week.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

Many people blamed the Greek crisis for the sudden drop in American stock markets last Thursday.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

The Labor Department says first-time claims for jobless benefits took an unexpected drop last week, to the lowest number since 2009 began, and 20 percent lower than at its peak earlier in the year.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12