I would sooner die at once than live in this agony.

与其生存在这种痛苦中，我宁肯早死的好。

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In the centre of the cell lay the body of the servant girl in her night dress, and gloating over this agony stand two ruffians with the cowardly masks of their dark trade on.

在房间中间躺着一个穿着睡衣的女孩儿，而两个蒙面的恶棍正在通过折磨她取乐。

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This could still be a leisurely process, prolonging the agony for astronomers and physicists who want to know exactly what is going on.

但这仍然会是一个按部就班的过程。那些想知道事实真像的天文和物理学家的苦恼可能还会继续下去。

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Eliot's poetry, the poetry he created out of this experience, is a poetry of spiritual agony.

艾略特的诗歌，他以自身经验写成的那些诗，是一种精神上的爆发。

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So, why would the Greek government choose to go through all of this agony just to buy a few months?

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The rivalry between Roger Federer and Nadal never had this much agony.

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In this hour of agony, however, comes a hopeful omen on that score.

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