The minister took up the theme and discoursed mellifluously on the ebb and flow of empires.

大臣接过话锋，滔滔不绝地谈论起帝国的盛衰兴亡。

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They started sailing on the ebb.

他们于退潮时出航了。

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The tide is on the ebb.

他们于退潮时出航了。

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The track "Ebb and Flow." featuring Tia's friend and mentor Christian McBride on bass, taps into her philosophical nature.

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The so-called "pink tide" that has brought several left-wing leaders to power in Latin America in the past decade is not exactly on the ebb, but the hostility countries such as Brazil, Ecuador and Bolivia felt towards the Bush administration has abated.

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The music and lyrics by Kander and Ebb operate on the old-fashioned principle that every song should be a showstopper, regardless of whether the show should be stopped.

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On the other hand, some of the initial ebb would be offset by foreign inflows.

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