His little affectations irritated her.

他的装腔作势令她不快。

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Do not laugh at a youth for his affectations; he is only trying on one face after another to find his own.

别取笑青年人的装模作样；他们只不过是为了找寻自我而逐一试装出各种面孔罢了。

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Dont laugh at a youth for his affectations; he is only trying on one face after another to find his own.

不要嘲笑一个年轻人的做作，他只是一次又一次的在找寻真正的自己。

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This introduction would be apropos of nothing besides pretentious wine writer affectations were it not necessary to establish the backdrop for what is a compelling convergence of issues in the wine world.

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Paradoxically, the alleged affair added rather than subtracted from his already iconic status, introducing a dash of devilry and rescuing Beckham from a kind of borderline piousness, and perhaps issuing a reminder that, despite all the affectations, his manhood was beyond doubt.

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