During hard times, few workers were willing to strike or engage in collective action.

在困难时期，很少有工人愿意罢工或参与集体行动。

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It was all well and good to let them strike the first blow, but if they hit us hard below the belt, we should take an ax and cut their hands off.

让他们先下手为强也就罢了，但如果他们暗中狠狠地打击我们的要害，我们就应该拿起一把斧头砍断他们的手。

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Strike at the boss doll as hard as they like.

他们想怎么用力地打老板娃娃就怎么打。

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And if Russia plays ball it will strike a hard bargain - perhaps securing an interest in Cyprus's offshore gas industry, yet to be developed.

BBC: Cyprus bank crisis: Mounting EU pressure

They can provide data and transparency, research and evaluation, and political cover that permits local leaders to act, and they can scour their books to strike rules that hamstring hard-charging principals and superintendents.

FORBES: The Limits of Education Policy

"We asked ourselves how to accomplish this, and the answer was to hit Hamas hard -- to strike the tunnels, the terrorists themselves, and all of their assets -- in order to prevent them from committing war crimes by firing rockets that target our civilian population, " the officer said.

CNN: Palestinians: 1,300 killed, 22,000 buildings destroyed in Gaza