Parents should be friendly rather than too strict and too stern.

家长应该友善而不应该太严格和严厉。

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The European Central bank, too, has a ring of the stern German in its insistence that Banks in weaker euro-zone countries, Ireland's in particular, pay back their debts in full.

欧洲中央银行也有些像严厉的德国那样，坚持要求较弱的欧元区国家的银行尤其是爱尔兰的，要偿还全部债务。

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Her stern words for Europe assuaged worries that a former French finance minister would be too cosy with her erstwhile colleagues.

她对欧洲的严厉措辞缓解了外界对于前任法国财长会讨好昔日同事的担忧。

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Is this too stern?

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One difficulty, for example, is that if the bow is raised too high above the stern during a climb, the airship can tip into a vertical position.

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