I tried to keep the spirit of her cake in mind, while making a few tweaks to make it my own.

我试着记住她的关于蛋糕的理念，并作出一些自己的调整。

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Just as some of the youth in Japan attempt to appropriate parts of American culture, I too (and I'm sure there are others!) tried to grasp at the allure of this foreign aesthetic and make it my own.

和那些想要领略各种美国文化的日本年轻人一样，我也(而且肯定还有别人！)试图抓住他们的那种异域之美的魅力所在，并据为己有。

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It is undeniably my own handwriting.

不可否认的是，这是我自己的笔迹。

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Yet,when it comes to my own money, I spend it at the drop of a hat - immediately,without waiting.

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I do it every week. It just so happens that this argument is more closed, more settled, in my own mind.

我每个星期都这样做，只是现在这个讨论,在我心中，是更不公开的，更稳定的。

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it's very easy for me to imagine a case where I would choose that it's best to take my own life.

我很容易设想在哪种情况下选择死亡是一个最好选择。

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"I won't be playing straight Bach, I want to give it my own twist, " she said.

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"I need for the inspiration to rest so that I can make it my own, " she says.

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I'm obviously disappointed not to have kicked on but it's a great opportunity to fill that spot at number three to make it my own.

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