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I Found Sleep Rose Turned Light Intention Continuing

English I found that I could not sleep so I rose and turned the light on with the intention of continuing a novel which I was reading.
Japanese どうにも寝つかれないものですから、あきらめて読みかけの小説でも読むつもりで、起きて電気をつけました。
Level N1
Meaning not … by any means; no matter how hard one tries, cannot…
Romanized dou nimo netsukarenai mono desu kara, akiramete yomikake no shousetsu demo yomu tsumori de, okite denki o tsukemashita.
Vocab どうにも~ない

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