He has come a long way since the days he could only afford one meal a day.

和以前那种一天只吃得起一顿饭的日子相比他取得了很大的成就。

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All this was compatible with older devices so long as there was only one authoritative timekeeper; but with urban growth and the multiplication of time signals, discrepancy brought discord and strife.

所有这些都与旧的设备兼容，只要只有一个权威的计时器；但随着城市的发展和时间信号的倍增，报时的差异导致了不和与冲突。

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If one chord holds twice as long or only half as long, then we have an irregular harmonic change--irregular rate of harmonic change.

如果某一个和弦持续的时间是两倍或者只有一半，那我们就有了不规则的和声改变——和声改变的不规则比率。

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If one chord holds twice as long or only half as long, then we have an irregular harmonic change--irregular rate of harmonic change.

如果某一个和弦持续的时间是其他和弦的两倍或者只有一半，这就是不规则的和声改变。

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