Questions that will sink you instead of help to lift you up.

这些问题不会让你振作，只会让你消沉下去。

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Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came to him, but he gave him trouble instead of help.

亚述王提革拉毗尼色上来，却没有帮助他，反倒欺凌他。

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Instead of bludgeoning our erring comrades, we should help them with criticism.

对犯错误的同志，要批评帮助，不能一棍子打死。

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Instead of finding help for Dodge, Shumlin made a deal that worked for him, Wood said.

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Instead of trying to help somebody implement an immediately visible improvement, ask what would have the maximum impact in 10 years.

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Instead of trying to help them, we try to stop them.

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