Suddenly it dawned on me that they couldn't possibly have met before.

我突然明白他们以前不可能见过面。

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It was perhaps when my parents—who also happen to be my housemates—left to go travelling for a couple of months recently that it dawned on me why I had not yet left the family home.

也许正是在我的父母——他们碰巧也是我的室友——最近离开家去旅行了几个月的时候，我才恍然大悟，明白自己为什么还没离开家。

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It dawned on me something very real.

我就明白了一些非常真实的东西。

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