The electric company, whose monopoly may be short lived, has suddenly mopped requiring users to wait half a day for a repairman.

这家电力公司的垄断地位可能是短暂的，但突然之间，它要用户等半天才能找到修理工。

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The electric company, whose monopoly may be short-lived, has suddenly mopped requiring users to wait half a day for a repairman.

这家电力公司的垄断地位可能是短暂的，但突然之间，它要用户等半天才能找到修理工。

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Tis not much, your Majesty, yet perchance it may beguile a short half-hour for want of a better.

不多，陛下，不过，也许因为找不到更好的话题，就花短短的半个钟头讲讲。

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Portugal's borrowing costs rose sharply Wednesday as it sold almost one and a half billion dollars in short-term securities.

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To confirm that this is so, Ms Welch stripped the eggs out of several females (not as horrible a process as it sounds), divided each batch of eggs into two, and inseminated half with sperm from a long-calling male and half with sperm from a short-calling male.

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The interesting historical detective work, and some neat demolition of myths and conspiracy theories, bring Mr Fitzgibbons half-way through a short book.

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It has a very short half-life, which in practical terms means that it goes in and out of the body very quickly.

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