Social networks are great when you only have a few dozen friends, but when that number is a few hundred, your update stream becomes a torrent.

在你只有几十个好友时，社交网络是不错，但是等这个数目达到几百时，你的更新信息流就会成了汹涌洪流。

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During the American century, rivals were bested left and right, as the ranks of the great powers slipped from half-a-dozen, to three, to two, to one.

在这个属于美国的世纪里，美国人的对手，被一个个地打得东倒西歪，落荒而败。 超级大国排行榜上大国的数量，从半打，滑落至三个，两个，最后到一个。

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Picture the occasion: a group ceremony, a dozen village girls, great excitement in a place of great poverty.

当时的场面被相机记录了下来：一系列的仪式，一群乡村女孩，一个极度贫穷之地的极度乐事。

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Today there are at least a dozen great automobiles on the market, not including hybrids, that get 40 mpg or better.

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The great Daniel Boulud, whose dozen restaurants have garnered him a constellation of Michelin stars, says the most difficult dish he ever cooked was scrambled eggs with truffles.

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About this time last year, in an article published on the Huffington Post, Stanley A. Dashew described starting his first business in the midst of the Great Depression and half-dozen successful businesses since that time (not to mention 40 patents).

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