"Hard lines" nghĩa là gì?

"Hard lines" -> nghĩa (lóng) là xui xẻo, thiếu may mắn.

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I feel guilty being at home and not spending time with my family. So I have started pre-planning weekend activities with my kids to make the most of those times. Having hard lines for start and end times at work helps too. But I’m still working on balancing. It’s not a perfect formula.

"There's been no service whatsoever. If we want to use our phones, we have to drive west of 98," said Jim Avery, who lives along Fairhope Avenue. Avery took a picture of the damaged cell tower after the storm. He said the outage (thiếu điện, thiếu chất đốt) and lack of internet is impacting his business, and he can't stay in touch with his family. "How do you get help? Not a lot of people have hard lines anymore. For the people with the 911 alerts, the 'I've fallen, and I can't get up kind of stuff'. I think there's a significant exposure there," Avery said.

Iran appears to want pre-meeting guarantees that sanctions reimposed by Donald Trump will be lifted. The US says Iran must first return to compliance with the deal from which the ex-President walked. The EU talks were an attempt to blur those hard lines. But other pressures aren't helping: Iran's election in June could produce a hardliner opposed to talking altogether. And Iran may seek guarantees that a future Republican President wouldn't just trash the deal again -- which Biden cannot ensure.

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