The flip-side of his courage is a short temper. There have been too many blow-ups with fellow senators.

暴躁的脾气是他无畏精神的另一种解读，同参议员们发生争端已经不是什么新闻了。

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On the plus side, you may be eligible for part-time unemployment benefits, depending on your state's laws, which can cushion the blow while you look for a new full-time position.

你可能符合部分时间失业救济金的申领条件，当然这取决于你所在国家的法律规定，在你找到一份全职工作前，这笔小钱可以垫个底儿。

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I was trying to explain to my father how important truth was to me - how I wanted to give my life to finding truth - when suddenly he exploded and hit me a violent blow on the side of my head.

当我试着对父亲解释追求自己的梦想对于我来说是多么重要，怎样才能让我的生活找到人生的真谛的时候，他突然爆发了，猛地一巴掌打在我头部。

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But in much cruder terms this result is a psychological boost for one side, a blow to the other.

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The home side struck the first blow with a superb Hodgson penalty from distance in the second minute.

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They failed to capitalise on some early pressure they put Bolton under before the home side dealt them a blow by taking the lead after a swift counter-attack.

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