For me, it took a little less than a year, but if I were doing it over again, I think I could do it in much less time.

我花了不好一年的时间来辞职，如果让我重新来一次的话，我想我会花更少的时间的。

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Those nuggets from Applegate Farms certainly weren't the worst thing in the world, but each one was more air and less chicken than I could have known.

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The consignment price, while much less, is often more than I could bring myself to pay for a new garment in a department store.

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They looked at me, the locals, in quiet disgust, as if I could expect no less than otters in the kitchen, the way I was after letting things go.

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