There was just one small ray of hope.

只有一线希望。

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“The rule is to not let one small ray of hope go, ” Chen said.

“原则就是不放走一丁点希望曙光。” 陈阳表示。

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The original deadline "was the one ray of hope emanating from this room, " she said.

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To be fair, the Fed did provide one ray of hope.

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One ray of hope is that the previous centre-left government did more than Mr Berlusconi in such areas as privatisation, as well as getting the public finances into better shape.

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