He manipulated him with temper tantrums, tears, hysterical outbursts and frequent threats of resignation.

俾斯麦靠着自己的暴怒脾气，潸然老泪，歇斯底里的使性子与三番两次的辞职威胁等手段支配国王于股掌间。

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He learned to watch for her blue eyes to go dark, nearly black with temper, and to get out of the way if they did.

他熟悉了她生气的时候，蓝眼睛会慢慢变暗，几乎成了黑色，好像一有可能，就要发作起来。

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She lost her temper with a customer and shouted at him.

她对一位顾客发了脾气，冲着人家大喊大叫。

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Between Slavophiles and westernizers, those are the people that look inside Russia to finding what they think to be eternal truth and those people who want to temper such looks with a look to the west.

俄国现在有斯拉夫派和西化派,一些人是希望基于俄国国情找到一种永恒真理,而另一些人则是希望,调和西方文化和俄国本土文化

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He approached the offending object warily but with his temper rising, circled it, pushed it about a bit, began to take liberties with it, settled in with it, called for a cup of tea next to it, and finally began disassembling it.

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Another time, a star performer with a volatile temper cost us a major client.

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After it was aired, he phoned the show's host, Carlos Espa, and lost his temper with him.

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