His grandeurs were stricken valueless: they seemed to fall away from him like rotten rags.

他的荣华突然变得一文不值了，似乎像腐烂的破布一样从他身上脱落。

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And so these less exciting things just tend to fall away from your life as you find things that you really like to do, like for instance a new hobby.

而且那些可有可无的事情也会从你生活中消失，因为你找到了你真正想做的事，比如一个新的爱好。

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All his old friends fall away from him.

他所有的老朋友都远离了他。

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When I fall asleep at night, I turn away from gazing at my husband beside me to gaze upon the faces of our children, in plain silver frames on our bedside table (that is, unless one of the three of them has decided to invade our bed, in which case I am gazing at their faces from far too close up).

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He stood up well, didn't back away from it, but had to fall back on simply denying that many people would pay more.

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The price of any asset may rise or fall, but unless value is added or taken away from the asset the real value of the asset remains unchanged.

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