I suddenly realized I was in this absurd situation: I am an amateur baker, I hadn't been in a church in years, I barely speak French, and found myself going over to try to restore the lost 1300-year-old tradition of baking at the abbey."

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Now, and I don't think this is unimportant, King was also - it would seem he was also a minor poet, an amateur poet.

我认为这并非不重要，金也是,-尽管不显赫，他也是个诗人，一个业余诗人。

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So, she becomes a scholar in a certain way, an amateur scholar.

所以，在某种意义上她成了一个学者，一个业余的学者。

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