The most likely scenario, frankly, is that your friend can read you like a book but prefers to ignore your crush.

坦率地说，最可能的情况是，你的朋友读你就像读一本书，但却不愿理会你的爱慕。

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You have to read the book in a certain sequence, rather like a sentence itself.

你必须按照一定的顺序来读这本书，就像读一个句子一样。

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If you are a book lover just like me, read a book you like for half an hour.

如果你像我一样是个书迷，那就读半小时喜欢的书。

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"You have to read the cloth, like reading a book, " she tells me.

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Close your eyes, take a nap, say a prayer, read a book and stay as long as you like in the soundproof and low light room, which seems miles away from the chaos of the West End neighbourhood outside.

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Conversely, for example, you might read a sentence like this: 'Malcolm Gladwell's book, 'The Tipping Point, ' introduced a term that is now in wide currency.

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