The land started to get drier, which in turn caused a huge decrease in the amount of vegetation because vegetation doesn't grow as well in dry soil, right?

土地开始变得干燥，这反过来又导致了植被数量的大量减少，因为植被在干燥的土壤里无法生长得很好，对吧？

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The motion of a pendulum rocks this device so that it catches and then releases each tooth of the escape wheel, in turn allowing it to turn a precise amount.

钟摆的运动使这个装置晃动，如此一来这个装置能抓住擒纵轮的每一个齿，随后又将其释放，因而使其精确转动一段距离。

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That's the amount of assets that you can turn into cash fairly quickly.

这一项代表你所能够快速地转变成现金的资产数目。

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Muralitharan was born with a permanently bent arm but it is a double-jointed wrist, perhaps combined with the deformity, which is primarily responsible for the amount of turn he is able to obtain on even the most batsman-friendly surfaces.

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Clubface angle to the tenth of a degree is captured continuously throughout the swing, as is the amount of shoulder turn, club path, arm angles and much more.

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He also varied the dollar amount of the rebate, and the amount of paperwork customers needed to turn in to claim their rebates.

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