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I cannot grasp the meaning of と in the following sentence.

> 俺はここ２年近く一人暮らしをしていたけど、料理が上手くなる事は無かったし、咲も必要が無い上に **興味が向かないと料理はしなかった** 。

Some sort of translation: "I've been living alone these 2 years, however I
didn't become skilled in cooking, and Saki not only doesn't have any need in
it, when she is not interest in it she does not cooking."

Thank you very much for help.
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particle-と
Question about particle と
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> 咲も必要が無い上に興味が向かない **と言って** 料理はしなかった。  
>  咲も必要が無い上に興味が向かないと **いう理由で** 料理はしなかった。

The と is the case particle as a quotative marker. The reasons 咲 didn't cook
are 必要が無い and 興味が向かない.

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By the way, the ここ in ここ２年 means "these (two years)", not "here (location)",
and you're missing 一人 (alone) in 一人暮らしをしていたけど・・・.
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I would say this と is a condensed form of **と思っているで** but this is to quibble
about specifics in terms of what the quotatitive implies rather to disagree
with ちょこれーと. I would probably translate the whole as follows:

"Even though I have been living alone for two years, my cooking has not gotten
any better. Saki hasn't cooked either, but more than it not being necessary,
it's because she hasn't been interested [in cooking]."
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