The agriculture sector must be placed at the center of development to cut in half extreme poverty and hunger by 2015.

必须把农业部门放在发展的中心，才能在2015年把极度贫困和饥饿人口减少一半。

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Pointing at the half-done cloth, she said, "The cloth is woven from the best silk. Now if I cut it, all my previous work will be wasted. It's the same as your study."

她指着做了一半的布说：“这布是用最好的丝绸织成的。现在如果我剪掉它，我之前所有的工作都白费了。这和你的学习是一样的。”

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The article is too long and should be cut down by half.

这篇稿子太长，得砍去一半。

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If finer materials are used, such as cut grass, the depth should be two and a half to seven and a half centimeters.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

With BP's value almost cut in half, it is not just the people at the top who will be hit.

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

Kenneth Feinberg, the Treasury official leading the pay review, says the executives' salaries will be cut by as much as 90 percent, and their average total compensation will drop by about half, starting in November.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

The number of houses that can be built in and around Bath over the next 16 years is to be cut by nearly half by the council.

BBC: Number of new homes for Bath area halved by council

When Andrx launches its generic version, the value of Prilosec will be cut in half.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Bristol said in April that its earnings for this year would be cut in half.

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