Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses.

我曾经以为爱情意味着鲜花、礼物和甜蜜的亲吻。

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It was easier than once I thought.

这是容易不止一次我以为。

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Once I thought that love would break down the curse.

我曾以为爱能破解诅咒。

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"I thought that sooner or later one thing was sure to happen: The first real test once he was through school would ruin him.

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That didn't happen to me -- once I got into the lab, I didn't want to leave. So, I thought, "You know what, I think I'll change the medical school plans and now I'm going to go all the way -- chemistry major, chemistry grad school."

这很好，但我不是这样，我一进入到实验室就不想离开了，所以我想“你知道吗,我想把我学习医学的计划改成化学-,我要学化学专业，读化学研究生“

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But it's a tempting philosophical thought to say, "Once I've shown it's better never to have been born, " it follows that suicide is the appropriate response."

但这是一个引诱人的哲学想法，“一旦我明白了最好还是不要出生，就会出自杀是合适行动的结论“

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For example, once I thought he was pointing a gun at me, but it turned out to be a remarkably good fake.

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So I just want to say once again that I thought the discussion that we had was excellent.

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Once or twice I thought you were looking at me strangely.

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