Without whale oil, so the thinking went, the world would slide backward toward darkness.

按照这样的思维下去，如果没有鲸鱼油，世界将会倒退回黑暗时代。

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This time Mercury has been retrograde since August 20, but you felt things slide backward as early as the start of August.

这次水星8月20就开始逆行了，但是你在8月初的时候就觉得事情开始不对劲了。

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Mercury will slide backward in Libra, the sign that rules your solar third house of communication, perception, judgments, and thinking, the very area of life that Mercury rules.

水星会滑回天秤座，掌管你的关于交流，直觉，判断和思考的第三宫，水星所控制的关于你人生的特定位置。

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When the momentum for open market falters, the world can easily slide backward.

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He doesn't want the world to ever slide backward.

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But Ford continued to slide backward.

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