An awful thought has just struck me.

刚才我脑子里突然闪过一个可怕的念头。

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Those awful pictures on the wall made me sad.

墙上那些可怕的照片使我很伤心。

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Before this awful apparition, I retreat in terror that is upon me as I write.

在这个可怕的幽灵出现之前，我在恐惧中退却，这种恐惧在我写作时伴随着我。

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This sounds an awful lot like blackmail to me, not to mention a serious violation of privacy at the hands of private institutions.

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But in return, we need to change our tax code so that people like me, and an awful lot of Members of Congress, pay our fair share of taxes.

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"Awful, awful dreams, " he told me.

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