I didn't like the taste of the medicine, but I took it anyway.

我不喜欢药的味道，但是无论如何我都会吃掉它。

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But I took it as nothing and continued to prepare our wedding necessities.

我视若无睹，继续筹备着我们婚礼用品。

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I always wanted to work in TV but it took me two years to get a foot in the door.

我一直想做电视工作，但花了两年才进了这个圈子。

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I knew he did not understand, but like me,he took it to mean that I meant no harm.

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I took that concept and eventually in 2000 realized that I had this beautiful picture of the city but it was all verticals.

我接受了这个概念,最终在2000年我意识到,我虽然勾画出了这个城市的美丽图景,但它都是垂直的线。

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Maybe they are exaggerations and I think to some degree they are but it's revealing that both of these very serious readers of Machiavelli took him to be an apostle of freedom.

也许他们过于夸张了，而且我认为,某种程度上他们确实是，但具有启迪意义的是,这两个严肃的马基雅维利的读者,都把他看作自由的传道者。

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The only exit led to a dangerous-looking section of Pismo Beach, but I took it anyway.

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But I took it upon myself to make sure he got the respect.

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It was embarrassing to make a careless error, but I took responsibility for it and will double-check my work in the future.

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