The two sides are locked into a bitter dispute.

双方陷入了激烈的争论。

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The parents were locked in a bitter battle for custody.

双亲陷入了一场对孩子监护权的激烈争夺之中。

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Black coffee leaves a bitter taste in the mouth.

清咖啡在嘴里留下苦味。

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By eighteen sixty-three, America's northern states and southern states had been fighting a bitter civil war for two years.

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- If you eat these raw, which they do in many places around the world, if you eat a bitter one, you could, in fact, get enough cyanide to kill you.

如果你生吃它们的话，它们在世界上的很多地方都存在，如果你吃了一个苦的根，可能，实际上，它所含的氰化物的量足以令你死亡。

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It was a bitter defeat. But it made the North recognize the need for a real army one trained and equipped for war.

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For industrialists paying reluctantly to clean up their act, that must be a bitter pill.

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But since last September, the two companies have been involved in a bitter spate of lawsuits.

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In contrast, social is a patience game, which for many can be a bitter pill.

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