Once I brought my friend Daisy to my home.

有一次我带我的朋友黛西来我家。

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Once I brought a boyfriend home to meet my parents. My mom really jumped the gun and assumed that we were going to get married.

一旦，我带男友回家，我妈妈就提早断定我们要结婚了！

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I would be an ungrateful wretch if I didn't tell you at least once that it was you who brought some meaning back into my life.

如果我一次也不跟您说：是您给我的生命带来了新的意义，那我可就是个忘恩负义的坏蛋了。

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I'd once believed that each new year brought me closer to becoming one of the beautiful and brave characters in the novels piled around my bedroom.

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