When the coach started pitching, hitting became hard for me.

当教练开始投球时，击球对我来说变得困难。

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The beating did not hurt (perhaps, as it was the first time, he was not hitting me very hard), and I walked out feeling very much better.

打的并不疼(可能是第一次，他没有用力打我)很快我就不在怕了。

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Robert Malley, director of the Middle East and North Africa for the International Crisis Group, told me the opposition is learning the hard way that "elections do matter" and that hitting the streets in violent protest does not always lead to change.

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