When she had to spin she was so ill tempered that if there was a little knot in the flax, she at once pulled out a whole heap of it, and scattered it about on the ground beside her.

如果叫她纺织，她总是心浮意躁，麻里有个小结，她就会扯掉一大堆麻，扔在身边的地上。

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He passed for an Englishman, was agreeable, handsome, ill-tempered, hospitable and witty.

他被认为是个英国人，彬彬有礼，仪表堂堂，脾气很坏，但却诙谐好客。

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Before the accident, he was hard-working and good-natured, but he became ill-tempered and generally disliked.

在受伤之前，他是一个工作勤奋，性格敦厚的人，但受伤之后，他变得暴躁，喜怒无常。

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She's rank, ill-tempered, pungent in all senses.

不管怎么说都粗鄙，坏脾气，刻薄。

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