I decided it was safer to play dead.

我拿定主意装死会更安全些。

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I decided it was not fair that I had to contribute my money.

我觉得我的钱得贡献出去，这一点也不公平。

youdao

After a time, I decided it must be the first sign of an identity crisis.

经过一段时间，我认为这是一个认同危机的初期信号。

youdao

"As soon as I saw this letter, I decided it must be the one I was looking for.It must be, even though it was completely different from the one Germont had described.

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I've decided not to pass it out today because, after all, I want to get it into the right hands!

我今天不会把它发下来，因为我想给发正确的人！

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It was very well received. You decided, "for my next project I am going to write about my life." You've had a hard life, by the way.

你决定：，“我的下一本书要写我的生活”,顺便提一下，你的日子很贫苦。

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In 2011, however, I decided it was time to take the very hairy show on the road.

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When I became a stay-at-home-mom, I decided it was time to put those stories down on paper.

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But our German tour guide acted like it was nothing unusual, and I decided it was better not to ask her why it happened.

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