But a few verses later it's clear that the poet isn't really drowning: this is a metaphor for his difficult situation.

但是随后的几首诗证明了，诗人并没有真正的溺水：,这里的水象征着困境。

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I don't really like the centre because there's just too many buses and it's a bit difficult.

我真的不喜欢市中心，因为有太多的车了，骑车有点困难。

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So, if you smile at somebody, and you just hate their guts but you want to smile at them, it's--unless you're quite gifted it's difficult to fake a really good, really happy smile.

所以，你对某人微笑，你很讨厌他们，但你要对他们微笑，除非你很有天赋,很难去假笑，伪装真正的微笑。

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For any mortgage it's onerous, but for a fixed rate I think it's really difficult.

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So it's really difficult to predict how this case could turn out.

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So it's really difficult thing to be a doctor in Iraq.

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