I pinched myself to stop myself from falling asleep.

我掐自己以防自己睡着。

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Just by looking at this image, I feel better and have to almost restrain myself from smiling too. There, I have stopped restraining myself and I have now got a huge smile on my face.

只要看这这张照片，我就感觉自己几乎不受控制的想笑，此时我脸上也出现了发自肺腑的笑容。

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When it is my turn to express my thoughts, I assume myself in their position, lets myself regard the question from theirs Angle.

当轮到我发表自己的想法时，我假设自己处在他们的位置上，让自己从他们的角度来看待问题。

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It allowed me to leave the island and build myself separate from the long-long shadow of my twin.

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But I am a novelist, not a critic, and I can excuse myself from explication de texte on that ground.

但我是个小说家，不是批评家，对于我以此为根据而说明,我可以为自己找借口。

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He also means "my relation to them," "the way I kept myself apart from them."

他也表达了他和他们的关系“,他会离他们远远儿的“

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Its development would have been entirely isolated from the core game, allowing it to grow its own personality with minimal oversight from myself.

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And though I am light years away from considering myself an Evangelical, I agree with him.

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One warning from myself was that disagreements about care and money could create rifts between family members.

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