When we bought the house, it was structurally sound, but I decided to redecorate throughout.

我们买下这个房子时，它在结构上很完好，但我决定全部重新装修。

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I hate dinner parties. But I decided to give them another shot since I'm in London.

我讨厌晚宴。但鉴于我在伦敦，我决定再尝试一次。

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I didn't quite know why, but I decided to leave the shoes.

我不知道为什么，但我决定把鞋子留下。

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Ha! But I decided I was feeling good in the warm-up, so I decided,'let's just try for it,' so I did it,".

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So, normally at this point, we do actually start class with a little bit of history from alchemy to modern chemistry, but I decided to skip that this year.

通常在这个时候,我们要从一些从炼金术,到现代化学的历史出发正式开始我们的课程。

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but I was up really late the night before and I just randomly decided not to go.

但我前一晚熬夜了，所以我就临时决定不去了。

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My friends knew it was almost impossible for me to surf such huge waves, but I decided I would do it.

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My ex-husband took the caution but I decided not to.

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Initially, my intention was to stay here for a few months, but I decided to stay longer as the spiritual atmosphere of Lumbini and its uniqueness and serenity hypnotized me.

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