It's probably also worth underlining the fact that what I've really been doing is running through a series of arguments.

为这样的事实打下基础也是很有价值的,我正在做的,是将一系列的论证串联起来

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Those relationships take place in the context of continual negotiations of sexual relationships, and so the book begins with that explanation that: I first met Dean not long after my wife and I split up.

他们之间的关系是建立在,不断协商和性关系的基础上，所以书的开头有这样一段说明：,我第一次见到迪恩时刚和我妻子分开。

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