Slowly the awful truth dawned.

可怕的事实慢慢地清晰起来。

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Then I learned the awful truth.

后来我才了解到糟糕的事实。

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It was my duty to leave no stone unturned to discover and expose the awful truth.

我的责任就是想方设法发现这可怕的真相并公之于众。

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The simulation became reality, and optimism became the awful truth: We were not prepared.

CNN: Lieberman: White House hindering Katrina probe

The awful truth was that Aamir's killers carried out a contract killing on the wrong victim, in the wrong house.

BBC: Aamir Siddiqi: Hitmen Jason Richards and Ben Hope guilty

The awful truth is that Japan is on the road to default.

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