He would have preferred to be on good term with both his wife and his mother, but the effort of pleasing one without offending the other was like steering between Scylla and Charybdis.

他本愿和妻子与母亲都处好关系，但要讨好一方而不得罪另一方简直就如同驾船在斯库拉和卡律布狄斯之间航行， 两面为难。

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This speaks volumes about the need for clear code with good variable names and clean design on a long-term project.

这个事实清楚地证明：长期项目需要那些拥有良好变量名和干净设计的清晰代码。

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A lot of people here have built a good business on the back of [supermarkets], they have got some long-term relationships with them.

许多农民和超市生意做得不错，他们之间有长期伙伴关系。

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The short answer is that most studies find treatment with medications like Adderall to have good long-term effects on children with ADHD.

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The market is closed on Monday due to Hurricane Sandy bearing down on Manhattan, but investors with electricity looking for value stocks with a good long term outlook have come to the right place.

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Other studies have shown that environments with red as one of the primary colors are conducive to good performance on short-term memory tasks.

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