I tried to take a shortcut and got lost.

我试着走近路，结果迷路了。

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But sometimes, surely, it's OK to take a shortcut.

但是，有时候走走捷径也是可以的。

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Since the example application is a blog, you get to take a shortcut.

因示例应用程序是一个博客，我们可以走个捷径。

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He was removed from a motorway tunnel by the Greek police after he tried to use it to take a shortcut through the Pindos mountains.

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Particularly in times of change and economic uncertainty, some will say that it is easier to take a shortcut to development by trading away the right of human beings for the power of the state.

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The rule of 70 is a shortcut to estimate how many years it will take to double something that compounds at a steady growth rate (say money, or demand for natural gas).

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