It was easy to think this; but it was hard to brace himself up to try it.

这样想很容易；但他很难壮起胆来去尝试。

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The miserable Toad, crouching in the coal-dust, tried hard to think of something to do, with dismal want of success.

可怜的托德蜷缩在煤尘里，拼命想主意，可是苦于想不出来。

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Some people think that a beautiful appearance can lead to success, however, the only passport to success is hard work.

人们认为单凭美貌也可能获得成功，然而，获得成功的唯一途径就是艰苦奋斗。

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His face burned with happiness when he told the Captain "She said YES to me!" He said softly, "I guess it is hard for you to think someone like Caroline might like me."

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It even, I think, identifies the divine and the human, makes them hard to tell apart;binds them, even while we are being confronted with their difference.

我想，甚至这，使圣与人，难以被分辨，把他们联结在一起，尽管我们也看到,圣与灵之不同。

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So, you know, as long as you are hard-working and you are able to critically think,

所以，只要你学习刻苦，具有批判性思维，

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Now employers are trying to give staff an incentive to think hard about costs.

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The advice I would give to women is the same I would give to men, and that is to think very carefully about what hard and soft skills you offer to a prospective employer and be able to articulate those skills.

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Then, I think you need to think hard, that I think the polling place is a place to cast the ballot.

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