I grow hardly a half acre of corn in narrow strips, with clover between the strips, on land that is almost level.

我艰难地在狭长地带上种了半英亩的玉米，在这之间一块几乎平坦的地上种了三叶草。

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In one recent US survey, about half the teens polled said that their cell phone had improved their communication with friends.

在美国最近的一项调查中，接受调查的青少年中约有一半表示，他们的手机改善了他们与朋友的交流。

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In the UK, travel times to work had been stable for at least six centuries, with people avoiding situations that required them to spend more than half an hour travelling to work.

在英国，上班的交通时间至少稳定了六个世纪，人们避免了需要花半个多小时去上班的情况。

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As I handed them to him, I noticed that one had been torn in half and fixed with a piece of blue paper.

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In terms of diversification, there are half a dozen asset classes with weights that range between 4% and 28%.

投资多元化方面,投资于六中不同的资产类别,权重从4%至28%不等

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I got from a person that I worked with for two and a half years before coming here.

我在来这儿之前和他一起工作了两年半的时间。

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There are those that say we use way too many sponges, that you can clean things just as well with half that number of sponges.

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It was one of more than 60 ships that have been attacked by pirates off the Somali coast this year alone, compared with about half that in 2007, according to a report released earlier this month by Chatham House, a London-based institute that analyzes international affairs.

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"The Asian airlines operate with costs that are half that of Emirates and a third of Lufthansa's, " he says.

BBC: Norwegian airline prepares for global expansion