I won't get into definitions of what torture is but it would cause somebody tremendous pain and anguish to keep them from sleeping.

我就不解释什么是施刑了,如果不让人睡觉的话,会给人造成巨大的痛苦。

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because we'd have different sleep times and then sometimes I would sleep loud and she... you know.

因为我们睡觉的时间不一样，有时候我睡觉的声音大，她就会……你懂得。

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