Sin is a harsh tyrant in your life. But Christ not only died for our sins, he died to sin.

罪是你生命中的一个残酷暴君。但是基督不仅为我们的罪舍命，而且他向罪而死。

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People have a hard time accepting any criticism, gentle or not, but if it's harsh, it'll almost always have bad consequences.

人们在接受批评的时候总是很困难的——无论批评者是否温和。但如果批评很苛刻，通常结果也会很糟糕。

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Harsh words in public, but privately, politicians could not do without them.

公众的言辞甚为激励，但如果不是这些言辞，政客们便无事可做。

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But again, the elements were harsh, finding food may not have been easy, and certain sorts of diets would prevail over others, where there would be a lot of certain nutrients and few of other ones.

可是,自然环境是恶劣的,寻找食物一点也不简单,不过某些食物相对其他更为常见些,其富含有某些营养成分,但缺乏其他的

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And because he knew that the past rigors had generated some hatred for Ramiro, to purge the spirits of that people and to gain them entirely to himself, he wishes to show that if any cruelty had been committed, Cesare this had not come from him, from Cesare, but from the harsh nature of his minister.

因为他清楚过去的严苛行为,已为，Ramiro，招来一些怨怼，因为他想要肃清那些人的意志,以期完全掌控他们，他希望,有任何的残忍的行为，那也不是他的主意而是，而是来自其官员的残暴本性。

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This not doubt seems not only harsh but backwards.

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Kerry made his points, but he did not come across as harsh or negative.

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Not only are there strict rules against any harsh treatment of the animals, but also elephants may not play more than two 20-minute games a day and each animal is rewarded with sugar cane or rice balls full of molasses and rock salt after each match.

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