Anger, blame, hurt and a bunch of other provocative emotions can be at play, and before you know it you've got a bigger problem than you ever thought.

在你意识到怒火、责怪、伤害和大量的挑衅情绪大量存在之前，你已经又有了没有想到的大问题。

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Unless you are writing something very post-modernist - self-conscious, self-reflexive and "provocative" - be alert for possibilities of using plain familiar words in place of polysyllabic "big" words.

除非你在写些非常后现代的东西- - -自我意识，自我反思以及“煽动性”- - -留心尽可能地使用平凡熟悉的词语来代替多音节的“大”词。

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In Mexico City Thursday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that launching the missile would be "a provocative act" - one that the US would raise in the UN Security Council.

周四在墨西哥城，国务卿希拉里·克林顿表示，发射导弹会是一个“挑衅行为”——美国将在联合国安理会上提出此事。

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Clinton said a North Korean missile launch, for any purpose, would be a provocative act and a violation of U.N.Security Council resolution 1718 - approved after its 2006 nuclear test- demanding an end to Pyonyang's nuclear weapon and missile programs.

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W. Andrews, one of the Ford investigators (they were later to be given the less provocative title of "advisors"), told his story.

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In truth, many reasonable voices object to some of his ideas, such as the banning of the Qur'an, and his tone can be provocative in ways that play into the hands of those hoping to divert attention from the radical Islamic threat.

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Diplomats and North Korea observers had anticipated Tuesday's nuclear test as Pyongyang appeared to be repeating a pattern of provocative actions seen before the previous explosions.

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