If you eat a bitter root, you could get enough cyanide to kill you.

如果你吃了一个苦的根，它所含的氰化物的量足以令你死亡。

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Work has a bitter root but sweet fruit.

工作的本质是痛苦的而成果却是甜美的。

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Labour had a bitter root but a sweet taste.

劳动的根苦，但尝起来是甜的。

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There's different types of the root that you can get called the bitter and the sweet.

这些根有不同的类型,被称为苦的和甜的。

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Although the short cocktail menu showcases unusual drinks like the Nice Legs -- made with gin, Barolo Chinato (an Italian digestive), Gentian (a bitter root) and orange peel -- many patrons will order a classic like an Old-Fashioned (bourbon whiskey, sugar, Angostura bitters, club soda and lemon peel) or leave their choice in the hands of the bartender.

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