I gave up my job because I felt I was stuck in a rut.

我放弃了我的工作，因为我觉得那种生活呆板无聊。

《牛津词典》

I really thought I was something when I wore that hat and my patent leather shoes.

当我戴上那顶帽子，穿着我的漆皮鞋的时候，我还真以为自己是个人物。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

I could feel blood draining from my face. I wondered whether I was about to black out.

我能感到血从脸上淌下来。我不知道自己是不是要昏过去了。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

I did the only thing I could do. I hit him with my closed fist as hard as I could.

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Copyright arose as a bourgeois idea. That is to say, "I possess my writing. I have an ownership relationship with my writing."

版权是中产阶级提出的思想，意思即是，“我支配自己写作，我对我的作品享有所有权“

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They asked me like, I think what I wanted, like, what I wanted to, my goals or... I guess.

他们问我，我想是我想要什么，我的目标是什么，大概是这样。

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"I just told them I put in my time and I'm moving forward, " Alonso said.

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When I started my career, I think my job was what added most to my personality.

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And I - I need to develop my career and I need to expand my life.

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