I know the hard word and thought that goes into students' words!

我知道他们是通过苦练，并用了心思说出这话。

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Because the normal word order is reversed in passive sentences, they are sometimes hard to follow.

由于正常语序在被动句中被颠倒过来了，所以有时很难理解。

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The word limit has made it hard to present a balanced and fair opinion.

字数的限制使得要发表一条和谐公正观点的微博变得困难。

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Several retail giants learned this the hard way when they began taking the word Christmas out of their November and December advertising campaigns.

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The new electronic markets are simultaneously limitless and fragmentary, making it hard to get the word out to people about your new work.

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The scare stories flow off the word-processors as if hard-wired into the system.

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