Eric began to have weight problems when he was 11. He was teased and bullied which made him depressed and gain more weight.

埃里克在11岁的时候开始遭遇体重问题。他因此被人嘲笑和欺凌，自卑使得体重进一步增加。

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Eric lost his footing and began to slide into the pit.

埃里克一失足，开始滑进坑里。

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I still really missed him, so I began seeing him, but never ended things with Eric.

我依然十分想他，于是又跟开始跟他交往，但也从未断了跟艾瑞克的关系。

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Eric began to hunt, using a .223 caliber rifle.

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When John Boehner and Eric Cantor presented last February to you some substantive job creation, our stimulus alternative, the attack machine began to marginalize Eric -- and we can all look at the articles -- as "Mr. No, " and there was this pretty dark story, ultimately, that wasn't productive and wasn't within this sort of framework that you're articulating today.

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