Because a ghost isn't much use to anyone at the best of times, but a ghost who's cracked up and gone to pieces is no use at all.

因为一个幽灵即便在最好的情况下也不会对别人有什么用处，要是垮掉了，就彻底没用了。

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Today on our program, we visit a town in the western state of Arizona that was saved from being a ghost town by a violent history.

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He says for years Noordin was like a ghost to the people of Indonesia, with his ability to induce fear and elude the authorities.

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The more pessimistic Venetian residents say the countdown has begun and that if the exodus continues at this rhythm, in 2030 Venice will have become a ghost city with no more citizens, just hordes of tourists.

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Potential rallies will require a significant infusion of those hoarded piles of cash if they are to stand a ghost of a chance at success.

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One of the more unusual ones is that a ghost of a Newfoundland dog is said to appear at the grave of his master, John McNeill Boyd.

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Ghost tweeting is a form of ghost writing, an art that's been around since The Tale of Genji appeared in early 11th-century Japan (believed to be the first published novel and ghostwritten, in part, by a relative of the author).

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