With three of my family down with flu, I couldn' t help thinking that I would be the next to cop it.

我家有三人因染上流感而病倒了，我禁不住想我便是下一个生这病的人。

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She made me realize that even with my faults—and there were many-I was a loved member of the family who couldn?t be replaced.

母亲让我感到尽管我有缺点———似乎还很多———但是，我被家中每一个人爱着，谁也无法取代。

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I felt kind of ridiculous I couldn't even be emotional because I was in such shock."

VOA: standard.2010.02.27

Whether Gadamer means that when he speaks of gap or whether he simply means an abyss or a distance to be crossed I couldn't say.

当葛达玛说到间隙时是那个意思,还是仅仅认为它是需要跨越的一个深渊或者一段距离,我不能确定。

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Mind you, it's not that I think we couldn't be stimulated to get pleasure forever.

提醒你们，我并非否定,永远依靠刺激获得快感。

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My roommate put a rule in place that I couldn't cook while she was gone because I couldn't be trusted to remember to turn off the stove.

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"I turned up at Cresta House and was told I couldn't be assessed because I was a liability, " she said.

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So while I wanted to be angry, I couldn't be.

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