I pinched myself to stop myself from falling asleep.

我掐自己以防自己睡着。

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I tried to detach myself from the reality of these terrible events.

我尽力使自己从这些可怕事件的现实中摆脱出来。

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I just managed to keep myself from falling.

我差一点儿没摔倒。

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It allowed me to leave the island and build myself separate from the long-long shadow of my twin.

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But I am a novelist, not a critic, and I can excuse myself from explication de texte on that ground.

但我是个小说家，不是批评家，对于我以此为根据而说明,我可以为自己找借口。

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so that hopefully I could switch myself from the legal side of things to the business side of things.

所以如我所愿，我从法律行业跳到了商业领域。

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So, I worked on developing a thicker skin to shield myself from being hurt.

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But now it has become more and more difficult to separate myself from the daily news stream.

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In an attempt to avoid getting snippy with her, I tended to distance myself from her whenever possible.

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