I had hoped for immediate acceptance of who I was, but was left instead with the thought that perhaps if I waited long enough, things would change.

我原本希望的，是无论我是个什么样的人他们都能马上接受，而不是认为如果我再等等，事情可能会有所转变。

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I could have brought the groceries home and washed off the egg yolk, but, instead, I'd just left them there.

我本来可以把东西拎回家，再把蛋黄洗掉，但相反，我只是把东西丢在那里了。

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I was no longer waiting for the crack but instead hearing the explosion ring in the meadow and moving to the left and falling into the mud as the grass beside me was trimmed with 9 buckshot.

我不再等待枪声响起了，却听到了草地上传来噼啪声，于是赶紧躲向左边，摔进了泥堆里，而我身后的草地被大号铅弹扫平了一片。

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