In spite of foot thick charts, in spite of diagnoses which haven't changed for years, I've tried to keep myself open to the fact that today is a unique day for me and him or her.

尽管厚厚一打量表、尽管数年的诊断毫无变化，我已试图让自己对一个事实保持清醒——那就是今天对我、对他或她都是特殊的一天。

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With Hanna things felt good for weeks—in spite of our fights, in spite of the fact that she pushed me away again and again, and again and again I crawled to her.

跟汉娜在一起，感觉几个星期都很好——尽管我们吵架，尽管她一次又一次地把我拒之门外，我还是一次又一次地巴结她，讨好她。

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In spite of this she often corrected me.

尽管她这么说，可还是不断纠正我的话。

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Opus Dei was founded in spite of me.

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He encouraged me, put me through college, told me I could make it and convinced me that in spite of a tough upbringing, I could do what I dreamed of doing.

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Two visits to Thailand in recent months have impressed on me that the private economy is getting along okay in spite of political awkwardness from the coup against Prime Minister Thaksin.

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