She gave up teaching three years ago.

三年前，她放弃了教学工作。

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We never did discover why she gave up her job.

我们一直弄不清楚她为什么辞职。

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She gave up smoking for the sake of her health.

为保持身体健康，她戒了烟。

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The way it filled up her worn money holder gave her a feeling of importance that she had not enjoyed for years.

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She gave up presently as if a cloud had approached the sun or the smog thickened and so broken the religious instant, whatever it might have been.

现在她放弃了，就像乌云蔽日,烟雾笼罩,这个宗教瞬间也破碎了，不管它之前是这么样子。

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In 2002, she gave up her symbols of the American dream, selling her home and car.

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Grace Kelly was 26 when she gave up acting to become Princess Grace of Monaco.

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As a single mother, in her forties, she gave up men for a while.

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