Hard work and sweat will be needed during the first half of the month.

前半个月，你的工作会比较辛苦，付出的劳动也比较多，一个字，累。

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The Hang Seng Index followed downward movements at the first half of the month.

恒生指数延续上半月向下的走势。

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If home or family occupies your thinking the first half of the month, then career will be all your focus in the second half.

如果房子或家人的事情一直在上半个月缠绕着你，那么下半月的重点则会放在工作上。

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That said, follow-on demand remained solid despite the concentration of supply in the first half of the month.

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Credit card rates across all categories were also unchanged in the second half of September, which was a change from the first half of the month, when consumer rewards and non-rewards rates both rose.

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The University of Michigan reported its closely watched Consumer Sentiment Index fell further in the first half of this month, to 57.5, from the already troublesome 59.4 in September.

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