I lost just because of a small error.

刚才只是我小小的失误而已。

youdao

A small error may prevent heavy fall.

一次小小的失误也许会防止重重的跌落。

youdao

Yeah, OK, even a very small error rate in a database of that size gives you a pretty big number.

是的，由于数据库规模如此之大，尽管错误率非常低，错误数量仍然相当大。

youdao

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