I strain my heart, I stretch my hands.

我张紧我的心，伸出我的手。

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I sometimes find it a strain to be responsible for the mortgage.

我有时发现偿还抵押借款是个负担。

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I found it a strain having to concentrate for so long.

我觉得这么长时间全神贯注挺累的。

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"The candidates were feeling the strain and the audience felt a kind of sense of excitement that I would not have anticipated."

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

I really did. I mean,sure, maybe we could do it again, but it's tough I mean the amount of money time and effort that goes into these things puts a huge strain on the city and the resources, so I hope we go for it again but I think it's hard,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.02

These are some of the other things that go sailing through my head as I strain to keep the car between the lines: Leaving the desert on a clear day.

NEWYORKER: Indianapolis (Highway 74)

"I can see the strain when I have an employee or a volunteer whose spouse is on their second or third deployment, " she said.

CNN: Study: Military teens have more stress

This, too, failed to produce any additional yardage, but I did strain my back more regularly and would often lose my balance embarrassingly at the finish of a swing.

WSJ: Why Shorter Can Be Better for Golfers. Really.