I tried to make a farewell address to my mother, but I could not breathe a word.

我试图向母亲做最后的告别，但说不出一个字来。

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I said his heaven would be only half alive; and he said mine would be drunk: I said I should fall asleep in his; and he said he could not breathe in mine, and began to grow very snappish.

我说他的天堂是半死不活的；他说我的天堂是发酒疯；我说我在他的天堂里一定要睡着的；他说他在我的天堂里就要喘不过气来，于是他开始变得非常暴躁。

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Could it be a thief I did not dare breathe air, motionless.

难道是小偷我大气都不敢喘，一动不动。

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For much of the time, I was on a respirator because I could not breathe on my own.

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