It makes you look like you're trying too hard to build a love nest rather than a comfortable place to live.

你看起来煞费苦心，却只是想为情人筑个爱巢，而不是一个舒适的住所。

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Jia Pingwa's Qin qiang is a book that makes it hard for the reader to finish it at once, but this does not influence the love and praise of the readers for it.

贾平凹的《秦腔》是难以让人一口气读完的一部书，但这并不影响人们对它的喜爱和称道。

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Ms. ANNE STANBACK (Executive Director, Love Makes a Family): The world changed and the bar was raised and I think it's hard to be satisfied with second best when your neighbor has the real thing.

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