They are depressed. Word expert Charles Funk says people have been feeling down in the dumps for more than four-hundred years.

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That's four items. Show up, sit down, and the first question is does anybody have a pen?

总共4件东西，你们来到，坐下，第一个问题是你们有带铅笔吗？

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Well, there are four principal ways that composers signal to us the whereabouts of the down beat.

以下有四条主要途径,是作曲家用来告诉我们重拍在哪里的

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In 1974-75, there were four down quarters out of five, and stocks lost 45%.

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The contingent is led by San Francisco, with the other four down the coast to the southernmost: the San Diego suburb of Rancho Santa Fe.

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Then in 1981-82, there was another episode of four down quarters.

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