Of course, every time Cara cried, the children felt awful and a dreadful sense of sadness filled the house, leaving her feeling like a bad mother who had no control over her kids.

当然，卡拉每每落泪，孩子们都感觉非常糟糕，一种令人窒息的悲伤充满整座房子，让她觉得自己是个连自个儿孩子都管不了的糟糕母亲。

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If I use these awful dreams... to control this world.

如果我用光怪陆离的梦，来掌控整个世界。

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The king could dominate whole country but not control his emotion. He was always annoyed without rhyme or reason. He had not any sweet sleep or appetite so that his life fell in an awful state.

他可以主宰自己的臣民，却难以控制自己的情绪，常常为一些莫名其妙的事烦恼、忧郁，搞得自己焦头滥额、寝食难安。

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We would lose an awful lot of economic control to Europe.

BBC: The Field Family

This awful reality explains why support for gun control in the black and Hispanic community is overwhelming (71% among blacks and 78% of Hispanics, according to a recent Pew poll).

WSJ: Juan Williams: Race and the Gun Debate

Now you got some knuckleheads out there, and they are taking advantage of this lawless -- this situation where, you know, we can't really control it, and they're doing some awful, awful things.

CNN: Mayor to feds: 'Get off your asses'