The most horrible thing is the empty heart rather than the material poverty.

最可怕的不是物质上的贫穷而是心灵上的空洞。

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The boy sitting next to me was painting a heart, but it was dark, empty, lifeless.

坐在我的旁边的那个男孩，正在画一个心形，可这个心却是暗淡的，空荡荡的，死气沉沉的。

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The victims supposedly all had heart attacks, but when an empty Tubarine vial was found in an intern’s locker, the bodies were exhumed and tested for presence of the drug.

所有受害者原来以为都是突发心脏病而亡，但是后来在一位实习生的更衣箱中发现了一个装有氯化筒箭毒碱的空瓶。

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And across the country, many small businesses that were once the beating heart of the community are now empty storefronts haunting our main streets.

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These missing conversations are an empty hole in the heart when they should have been great memories after the patient has died.

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" The show's best moments exposed the essence of Nico's compositions: The excellent Joan Wasser, who performs as Joan as Police Woman, tapped the raw anguish in "My Heart Is Empty" and "Ari's Song, " while Jonathan Donahue of Mercury Rev delivered with muted joy the stark poetic imagery of "Evening of Light.

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