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I was born and raised

used to emphasize where you lived when you were a child

burn out

"1. to become extremely tired or sick by working too hard over a period of time; to make somebody do this 2. to stop working or to make something stop working because it gets too hot or is used too much 3. [usually passive] to destroy something completely by fire so that only the outer frame remains"

physical resilience

to emphasize the physical strength

stay up

to go to bed later than usual

most of the time

sometimes happends frequently

so near and yet so far

used to comment on something that was almost successful but in fact failed

so far

"1. until now; up to this point 2. (informal) only to a limited degree"

at which

used as a relative pronoun to connect sentences

come back to earth

(informal) to return, or to make somebody return, to a normal way of thinking or behaving after a time when you/they have been very excited, not very practical

in charge of

in control or with overall responsibility

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