Many advertisements exaggerate the usefulness of the products.
很多广告都夸大了产品的效用。
A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.
乌鸦不管怎样经常洗澡,也不会变白。
In times of peace, when business was bad, Hawkwood and his men would march into a city-state and, after burning down a few farms, would offer to go away protection money was paid to them.