"The past is to be dropped not because it is bad but because it is dead".

放下过去，不是因为过去是坏的，而是因为过去是死的。

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It was published, it did not sell, and then the publisher said, "This book is never going to sell" - which was worse than to be dropped.

书出版了，但却没有拿去出售，当时出版商说，“这本书绝不会拿去出售，”这比把书稿丢到一边还要糟糕。

youdao

Iridium, usually used in space rockets, is ten times rarer than platinum and highly resistant to heat so theoretically it can be dropped it into lava, and it will not melt.

铱，通常被用于太空火箭，比铂金稀有十倍并且高度耐热，因此理论上即使它掉进岩浆中也不会熔化。

youdao

They will also have the option to decide if services the council is not required to provide by law should be dropped.

BBC: Bury Council votes to allow services to be outsourced

But fellow Lib Dem MP Mr Webb told activists at their party conference what he called long-term reforms of the system must not be dropped in the rush to save money.

BBC: Major reform of UK benefit system 'four years away'

Mr Berlusconi was said to be furious that prosecutors had not dropped the case as a result of the vote.

ECONOMIST: Silvio Berlusconi is charged