I once had a girl.

我曾经有过一个女孩。

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The titular song 'Norwegian Wood' sings, 'I once had a girl, or should I say she once had me.

主题曲‘挪威的森林’里唱着‘我曾经拥有过一个女孩，或许该说她曾经拥有过我’。

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I was the girl who had just been dumped, the girl who had to duck her head every time someone asked “oh, aren't you so-and-so’s girlfriend? ” I was a lonely loser, half of the person I once was.

我是被甩的那个，是那个一听到别人问“哎，你不就是那谁谁的女朋友”的时候就低下头的女孩。

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Once I was told that a girl who had done our campaign in the previous season was out, that she was no longer the right person to use.

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For once, I was a normal girl and completely anonymous in a new place and had an opportunity to start a new life.

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