To human beings, living in time and space, everything seems to pass in a linear fashion, and yet, I can't help but feel that it really doesn't.

对于人类而言，在时间和空间里活着，似乎万物都在以一维线性的方向流逝。不知为何，我就是觉得事实并非如此。

youdao

But to be fair, I looked it up and it seems that a better translation from the Old English would be “You can't eat your cake and have it too.

但是，为了言之成理，我去查阅了相关资料，从古英语中找到了一个比较靠谱的解释：你无法在吃掉蛋糕后还拥有这块儿蛋糕。

youdao

I know this seems the same as the first item on the list, but actually it's a bit different: say you decide you really do need something, but can't find it anywhere or make it.

我知道，这和第一条看起来似乎一样，不过实际上却稍有不同：这条适用于当你已决定确需某物，但是却找不到在哪或者无法再做一个。

youdao

Why it seems to get the attention that it's getting, I can't explain, but I don't think that she meant it in any way to disarm him or to make him any less of the person that he is.

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