When plants and animals die, microbes break them down; slime molds then devour many of the bacteria, releasing their nutrients for other organisms to grow on.

动植物死亡后，被微生物分解；黏菌随后会吞食掉许多细菌，释放出他们的营养物质供其他有机体生长。

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It is becoming clear that people who break through the 90-plus barrier represent a physical elite, markedly different from the elderly who typically die younger than them.

逐渐清楚的是：那些活过90以上这道坎的人都身体强壮，明显不同于那些一般于他们之前过世的老人。

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As the saying goes, "old habits die hard", our earnest attempts to break those habits often end in frustration.

正如俗话所说：本性难移，我们认真的努力要改掉它却总以失败告终。

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In time, things can die, break off, or cause us to carry an extra burden around.

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By contrast, Medivation's lab studies indicate Dimebon may work by protecting mitochondria, key energy factories inside cells that break down as cells die during Alzheimer's, Hung says.

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James Tissot's 1866 portrait of the Marquise de Miramon, splendidly dressed in a pink peignoir trimmed in show-stopping pink ruffles, shows her looking strangely vulnerable among many costly possessions, objects that may one day break but do not die.

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