But during those periods when we were separated, as hard as it was, I was practicing living alone.

但是在我们分开期间，尽管艰难，我却学着独自生活。

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As hard as it was sometimes caring for my children when they were little, back in those days I at least stood a reasonable chance of protecting my sons and daughter from pain and loss.

就像孩子小的时候有时照顾起他们来会很困难一样，但那些日子我至少还能够有机会保护我的孩子们，使他们远离痛苦和失落。

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It really was frozen as hard as stone.

它真的冻得像石头一样硬。

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"I mean it's hard to even understand how biology was a science as we would recognize it today.

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Was it hard to adjust to this school as a transfer student?

作为转校生，要适应这所学校困难吗？

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As hard as it was, you're still out there, still working hard, still rebuilding, still committed to your city.

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Life was as hard for each generation as it was for the generation before.

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But it wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be.

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