Things are bad enough without our own guns shelling us.

本来情况就够糟的了，偏偏我们自己的大炮又向我们开起火来。

《牛津词典》

Some things are basic for us nowadays, but the people in the past could live the lives to the full even without them.

有些东西对我们现在来说是基本的，但过去的人即使没有它们也可以活得很充实。

youdao

Are you implying that it's impossible for us to experience directly-without intermediaries-the most important things in life?

您是不是在暗示人们，在没有媒介的情况下，是不可能直接体验到生活中最重要的东西呢？

youdao

If we gossiped about things people did that energized us without fixating on the things that disappointed us?

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And if we don't get our house in order, I just think things are going to move on without us.

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" In Texas, "things started to happen quickly, without us initiating them.

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