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No era la primera vez que me ocurría.	It was not the first such time this happened to me.
Pero no se me ocurría qué, ya que su vida era perfecta.	But, I couldn't figure out what since his life was so perfect.
No se me ocurría nada, pero lo que has hecho, fue increíble.	I couldn't come up with anything, But what you did, that was awesome.
No se me ocurría nada que decir.	I could not think of anything to say.
Pero no se me ocurría nada.	But I couldn't come up with anything.
Y simplemente no se me ocurría nada que me gustara.	And I certainly I... just couldn't come up with anything I liked.
Cuando hablaba por teléfono me preguntaban si me ocurría algo malo.	When I talked over the phone, I was asked if something was wrong with me.
No se me ocurría nada.	I couldn't come up with anything.
Hacía tiempo que no me ocurría.	I haven't had that in a while.
Más tarde, cuando leía un guion, de inmediato se me ocurría cómo interpretarlo.	After that, when I read a screenplay, I was immediately planning how to stage it.
No se me ocurría.	It didn't come to me.
Cada vez que me ocurría algo bueno... algo malo me esperaba a la vuelta de la esquina.	Every time somethin' good happened to me, somethin' bad was always waitin' around the corner.
Sally, me dijiste que te hablara si se me ocurría algo y esto me llovió del cielo.	Sally, you told me to call you if I came up with something and this fell into my lap.
Cuando tuve que marcharme de Évreux en 1995, Salah me había enviado un fax comunicándome su indignación ante lo que me ocurría y su entera solidaridad.	When I had to leave Evreux in 1995, Salah sent me a fax to protest against what was happening to me and to support me.
Un niño en mi comunidad, de los 6 a los 9 años, es responsable del ganado de su padre y esto era lo mismo que me ocurría a mí.	So a boy, from six to nine years old, in my community is responsible for his dad's cows, and that's the same thing which happened to me.
Sabéis que tengo un problema entendiendo a la gente, y que, a veces, digo cosas incorrectas, y me di cuenta de que me ocurría más a menudo con vosotras tres que con el resto.	You know I have trouble reading people, and say the wrong things, sometimes, and I noticed it was happening more often with you three than it was with the others.
BREVE ANOTACIÓN AUTOBIOGRÁFICA VI: Al dichoso Cerro de los Palos, por la tarde, iba entre semana y pasaba exactamente lo mismo que las mañanas de domingo, no se me ocurría nada en especial, pero insistía una y otra vez.	BRIEF TOUCHDOWN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL VI: The Cerro de los Palos happy, afternoon, and spent the week was exactly what Sunday mornings, I could not think anything special, but it insisted again and again.
Confesé que había estado a punto de preguntarle acerca de esa contradicción. Y también le dije que ni se me ocurría cómo resolverla. Yo no era brujo practicante.	I confessed that I had been just about to ask him about the contradiction, for I had been aware of it, but that I could not even begin to think of resolving it. I was not a sorcery practitioner.
Bueno, no se me ocurría nada mejor que escribir.	Okay, well, I couldn't think of anything else to write.
Me dijo que lo llamara si me ocurría algo extraño.	You told me to call you if anything odd started happening.