Too many irons in the fire can sap your energy and prevent you from seeing which path to take.

同时做太多的事情可能会消耗你的精力，使你看不清该走哪条路。

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Is this person powerful because they can hurt others in some way, or embarrass them, humiliate them, impose sanctions against them, fire them, or take something away from them?

这个人之所以拥有权力，是因为他会采取某种方式伤害他人，或者让他人难堪、羞辱他人、惩罚他人、解雇他人，或者夺走他人的什么东西吗？

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And do you know what, your majesty? If you take the skin away from him and throw it into the fire, then he will have to show himself in his real form.

国王，你听我说，你去把他的皮拿走，把它扔进火里烧掉，到时他就会显露真形的。

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But the truth is that Air France did not want to appear insensitive, pushing for a return of the aircraft, after the horrendous accident which happened when one of its aircraft caught fire on take-off from Charles de Gaulle Airport.

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Just before take-off, fire ants emerged from an overhead compartment.

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Poole still remembers the passenger who removed a fire extinguisher from the plane to take as a souvenir.

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