My mother said they were so expensive that we couldn't afford one.

我妈妈说它们太贵了，我们买不起。

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I still remembered when I took my piano lessons, my mother said worriedly to my father, "Why hasn't he made any progress with so much practice?"

我还记得当我上钢琴课，妈妈忧心忡忡地对爸爸说：“练习这么多，他怎么没进步？”

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“I’m his mother, so I had my suspicions, ” she said.

她说：“我是他的妈妈，我当然会有所怀疑。

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"I'm so not an expert on my mother, " she said.

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My mother leaned against the arm of a vinyl reclining chair and said she was thirsty, so I went to the nurses' station to fetch her some water.

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