It has been not so easy to ch the account supervisor and frankly speaking the battle has been harder than expected.

让付款人付款是不容易的事，坦白地说，争斗要比我们相象的要严重。

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And frankly, speaking, it's hard for me to understand it.

坦率地说，我对此很难理解。

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But, frankly speaking, because we suffered from the blockade and the military interventions, we do not encourage a blockade because it exhausts the people and the government.

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