The book is a toil to read.

这本书读起来真费劲。

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It is a bit of a toil to weed this big garden.

清除这个大花园的杂草，这差事有点儿费劲。

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To our disappointment, that book is a toil to read.

令我们失望的是，那本书读起来真费劲。

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Where a man is a man if he's willing to toil.

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But on the other hand these advances have also come at a cost. And in this story there's also a sense of longing for the freedom of life in the wild--the innocent, simple, uncomplicated life lived day to day without plans, without toil, in harmony with nature Edenic a somewhat Edenic existence.

但是，换个角度来看，人类付出了代价,才得到这些优点，在这部史诗中，同样存在着,对一种纯真，简单，纯粹生活的向往,每天生活中没有计划，辛劳，与自然和平相处,就像以前的。

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There truly is a history of toil and drama behind every athlete.

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In his mind, the low pay and risk of failure at a startup would beat the months of fruitless toil he experienced during a recent internship at France Telecom.

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His employees will toil on a new product, sometimes for years, in total secrecy.

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