Nevertheless, there's a bell curve for all things involving people, which means there are few really bad bosses, few really good bosses, and most of you fall somewhere in the middle.

无论如何，任何事物都存在一条钟型曲线，包括人在内，这意味着的确存在着少量的坏老板，少量的好老板，而你们中的大多数都属于那中间的部分。

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If it shows the entire sole of our foot with little to no curve on the inside, it means you have low arches or flat feet and tend toward over-pronation (your feet roll inward).

如果脚印描出你的整个脚底，内测几乎没有任何曲线，就表示你的足弓较低或属于扁平足，倾向于过度内旋(你的脚往内翻)。

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A "steep" learning curve, in colloquial usage, usually means experiencing a large and increasing amount of effort for a constant amount of learning, i.e. approaching a natural limit.

用通俗的说法，陡的学习曲线表明同等量的学习需要付出很大而且还在增大的努力，即达到了自然极限。

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So, it'll be gestures, then, which means there's a bit of a learning curve.

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