"Make your own way", " Stand on your own two feet" or my mother's favorite remark when I was face-to-face with consequences of some action: "Now that you've made your bed, lie on it."

像“走自己的路”，“靠自己的双脚站立”，或者当我面对某些行为招致的后果时，我母亲最喜欢说的一句话：“既然你已经铺好了床，就躺在上面吧。”

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But being discovered that way made me realize what a terrible thing I had done in cheating on her, and cheating on my own boyfriend, too.

可是那样被人撞破，让我意识到欺骗她，欺骗我自己的男友，是一件多么难堪的事情。

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I almost made the mistake of following the path that my family thought was right for me (yes, their dream for me was to become a doctor) but I am glad that I chose my own way instead.

我差点儿就成全了我父母的期望（没错，他们希望我将来能够成为一个医生），但我最终还是选择了我自己的梦想，对此我感到非常庆幸。

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See is this in your way "So, the first couple of years I made my own costumes which of course sucked: ... the ghost, the hobo... Then, finally, the third year, begging the parents, I got the Superman Halloween costume.

看看你们看得见不,“于是前两年，我自己做服装，当然不怎么样：,鬼啊，流浪汉啊。,第三年我终于求了爸妈，我得到了超人的万圣节服装。

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