The food was expensive and not all that good.

这食物很贵，而且不怎么那般好。

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The food was not actually all that expensive.

食品居然并不那么昂贵。

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I remember going round a grocery store and looking at all the expensive food, thinking, "I can have anything I want." It was an amazing feeling of power.

我记得当时的感觉，那种走在杂货店里看着所有昂贵的食品，然后心里想着“我可以拿走所有我想要的”时的感觉，那是拥有巨大权利时的兴奋感觉。

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The food was French, the wine expensive.

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