I had a lot of bad luck during the first half of this season.

我在这一季节的前半季遭了很多霉运。

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And yet, during the first half of this year, the economy barely grew.

不过今年上半年，美国经济的增幅几乎为零。

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Others have since taken similar action: MAN will shut down production for 70 days during the first half of this year in anticipation of a market contraction of more than 30%.

从那以后，其他厂商也做出了同样的反应：在预计到市场萎缩量会超过30%后，MAN将在今年上半年暂停生产70天。

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Although the total number of workers going overseas increased slightly during the first half of this year, the overseas employment administration thinks things could be getting worse during the second half, especially for household workers.

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During the first half of this year, exports nearly doubled over the same period the preceding year.

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Its orders were down by 24% during the first half of this year compared with the same period in 2011.

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