Slowly but surely she started to fall in love with him.

虽然缓慢，但她确实开始爱上他了。

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She started to fall, then steadied herself.

她打个踉跄要倒下去，然后又站稳了。

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She started to fall apart during her junior year at college, plagued by binge drinking and anorexia, and in her first weeks at Yellowbrick her alcohol abuse continued.

她是在大三的时候开始精神崩溃的，接着又是酗酒和厌食，并且她刚到Yellowbrick的第一周仍在酗酒。

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"Our first few conversations were about work and films and art, and gradually, we started to fall in love, " she said.

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