For even though it was far too big for her needs, she persisted in living there long after her husband's death.

房子实在太大了，但在丈夫去世多年后，她仍然执意长年住在那儿。

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She was sentimentally attached to this house, for even though it was far too big for her needs, she persisted in living there long after her husband's death.

她对这幢房子在感情上难舍难分。房子实在太大了，但在丈夫去世多年后，她仍然执意长年住在那儿。

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If Wheeler seems comfortable in this Samuel Beckett world where the truth is a lie and only lies lead to the truth, perhaps it's because he's been living there a long time.

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