He said I'd come to a bad end, if I didn't watch my step.

他说如果我不谨慎行事，我的结局会很惨的。

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The villagers shook their heads and said, 'That boy will come to a bad end.

村民们摇摇头，说：'这孩子会不会有好结果。

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The villagers shook their heads and said, 'That boy will come to a bad end.'

村民们摇摇头，说：'这孩子会不会有好结果。

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"It is,in the end,about the people. And in a counterinsurgency the people of Afghanistan are going to throw the bad guys out.

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So even if immortality would be bad, there would be certain things you could do that could end it.

所以即使不朽是不好的，你也能做某些事去结束它。

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and then the bad professors, the "bad" professors are left till the end.

不好的教授，“坏”教授的课就要留到最后了。

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Under GE, Kidder came to a bad end, but Gordon steams on.

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The see-saw analogy holds: The heavier the weight on the bad end, the heavier the weight must be on the good end to balance and then tip it.

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Still the role models presented to young girls and women through fictional or historical characters are more often than not those who come to a bad end if they are not self-sacrificing, or are rewarded (with the man, usually) if they do put their own aspirations aside.

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