The roles of the spaces are then flipped, with the old inactive space becoming the new active space.

空间的角色就会转换，原来不活跃的空间成为了新的活跃空间。

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So new words are roped in: “sick” meaning “great” is big in America, while in Britain “safe” shows signs of becoming the new “awesome”.

因此，新词就这样涌现出来了：“sick”一词在美国常被用来表达“great”之义；而在英国，“safe”有了成为新“awesome”的迹象。

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Supporting military families is becoming the new watchword in Washington, and leading that effort are the nation's first and second ladies, Michelle Obama and Jill Biden.

支援军属成为华盛顿目前的头号标语。 而首先为此口号做出努力的是第一和第二夫人，米歇尔.奥巴马和杰尔.巴顿。

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But the new labor leaders succeeded in becoming the official representatives of steel workers throughout the country.

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