America's new dollar policy may be less absurd than its old one, but it is still a bit of a muddle.

美国新的美元政策或许不及上一次的荒谬，但仍然有些糊涂。

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He removed some old silk handkerchiefs that were lying on its top and blew away a bit of dust.

他挪开了一些搭在面上的旧的丝巾又吹掉了些灰尘。

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Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold.

它的传统的意思是被用来表达有些冷的温度。

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The continent is lagging in the all-important services sector, though Germany has managed to shake its "Old Europe" tag a bit to become a bigger exporter in the past year.

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Edinburgh is home to two Unesco World Heritage Sites separated by the steep-sided greenery of the Princes Street Gardens: the Old Town with its imposing Castle Rock and Royal Mile, and the New Town, just a bit younger than Old Town, with a posh Georgian grid laid out in the late 18th and early 19th Centuries.

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Now, with "Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom, " Mr. Platt presents the first book-length foray in this direction, providing a compelling alternative account of much-studied events that feels both a bit old-fashioned (in its panoramic view of battles and leaders) yet also very much in step with recent scholarship, placing national stories into global frameworks.

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