Finally, the ball drops out of the dragon's mouth and into a vase.

最后，球从龙嘴里掉了出来，掉进了一个花瓶里。

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The ball drops down a flagpole during the final minute of the year.

在每年的最后一分钟，一个大球从旗杆上降落下来。

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Okay, so I'm gonna be the only one standing there alone when the ball drops?

好吧，那么当大球落下的时候，我将是唯一一个独自站在那里的？

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Tonight, as midnight approaches, and the ball drops in Times Square to usher in 2013, many celebrants will be drinking champagne.

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Davis hits first, from the back tees of the TPC Scottsdale Stadium course. (We amateurs will hit from the middle tees.) He effortlessly drops the ball in center of the fairway, nearly 300 yards away.

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The hope here is that a huge business can provide the support and expertise needed to keep our project going, and that it will survive in institutional memory--even if the employee in charge of it today drops the ball, someone else will pick it up.

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