For example, if you feel frustrated (and we'll explore this in more detail later) it means that you believe things could be better, and they're not.

例如，如果你有受挫感(这一问题我们将在后面更详细地探讨)，那表明你认为事情本可以更好，至少不应像现在这样。

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How are things? (Could be better.)

一切还好吗？不怎么好。

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Things could be better, I am looking for a new job. Can you give me a job?

我还可以，但我正在找一个工作，你能给我工作吗？

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The experience isn't horrible, but when compared to what's available on the iPad, it's obvious things could be better.

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It's not that I was unhappy in what I now think of as "the dogless years, " but I suspected things could be better.

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And there are a lot of things that could be better.

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