I had been self-supporting since I was twenty, and over the years had gotten used to cleaning house, running errands, and cooking.

我从20岁起就自己养活自己，这些年来我已经习惯于打扫房子、跑腿、下厨。

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Leonard Tee is a movie producer who loves traveling, cooking and is a self-proclaimed perfectionist.

霖电影(马)有限公司制作企划，他也是一位喜欢旅游、看电影、烹饪以及爱好美丽东西的男人。

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The self-described cooking enthusiast came up with the idea for the device, called the "Sensiboil, " after being fed up waiting around for pots to boil during his own cooking.

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Working at home, she has a lot more time to dedicate to exercise, cooking and other "self-care stuff" she had put aside when she worked 60 hours a week.

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Generally when the sons and daughters of Australian immigrants appear on prime-time reality television shows it is with a cooking utensil or a recipe in hand (good food, combined with self-deprecatory humour, have long offered new arrivals here the quickest route to acceptance and assimilation).

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