Don't panic-- it's the tough core of the pineapple, not the prickly skin that you should tuck into.

别惊恐——你应该吃的是菠萝坚硬的果核，而不是多刺的外皮。

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Don't panic — it's the tough core of the pineapple, not the prickly skin you should tuck into.

先别怕，不是要你吃多刺的菠萝皮，而是中间较硬的菠萝果心。

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Japan's prickly relations with Russia did not stop Toshiba agreeing on joint reactor-construction and fuel-production efforts with state-owned Atomenergoprom.

此外虽然日本与俄罗斯的双边关系充满荆棘，但也未能阻止东芝公司与俄罗斯国有Atomenergoprom公司（“原子能电力公司”）就合作进行反应堆建造与铀燃料生产达成一致。

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We need a strong president rather than an all-knowing one, and an alert legislature not a prickly one.

ECONOMIST: Letters

For precisely that reason, there is hope among some of the six of continuing the six-way format (though presumably not always with the prickly North Koreans along) as a place where harder issues can be discussed.

ECONOMIST: Let a hundred forums bloom

He is humble and not humble, charming and prickly, unruffled and deeply sensitive.

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