By living through my father's agony to save his business, I experienced firsthand the difficulties and uncertainties involved in his line of work.

亲眼目睹父亲挽救公司的痛苦，我也因此亲历了他的行业所面临的困难和无常。

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Depressed people describe their emotional state using terms like 'agony' and others compare their condition to 'living in hell'.

患抑郁症用“痛苦”和其他词语来描述自己的情绪状态，并且用“生活在地狱”来比较自己的生存现状。

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Baritone Peter Mattei seemed to be living the agony of Amfortas, both in the fierceness of his singing and his halting, excruciating attempts to walk.

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