Their early success was succeeded by a period of miserable failure.

他们起初获得成功，但随后有一段惨痛失败的时期。

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Anyone stuck in a miserable job or anyone trying to figure out what to do with their life should watch this.

任何一个陷在悲惨的工作中或试图弄清楚该如何生活的人都应该看看这个。

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Sometimes this is a happy solution when family tensions make everyone miserable.

当家庭关系紧张使每个人都痛苦时，有时这是一个愉快的解决办法。

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It was,of course, a miserable childhood.

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And he says, "No, no, I'm too miserable and wretched," And the guy says, "Oh, you must be some kind of a merchant."

他推辞道,不,我的腿脚不利索,那些人答道,你肯定是到处兜售的商人

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So, what you have are small, poor, weak units, and that's a miserable situation.

我们所看到的是微小的,贫穷的,虚弱的小单元,这是一种悲惨的境地

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Dealing with adultery is a miserable way to start a vacation on Martha's Vineyard.

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The top two floors of a miserable grey carbuncle of a multi-storey car park have been transformed into a sculpture gallery.

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One rainy night in Owensboro, Kentucky, the band plays another in a string of miserable shows to a nearly empty house.

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