I fought for the position, and almost got it.

我努力争取这个职位，最后几乎都得到了。

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You were almost there, and you had just about figured it out that your impatience got the better of you.

你就快到达那了，你刚刚想明白是你的急躁战胜了你。

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Every date seemed promising at the start, but almost every time we got closer, I would say something stupid to ruin it and turn her off.

每一次的恋情在刚开始看起来都是很有发展前景的，但每当我们变得亲近的时候，我就会说一些蠢话，然后毁了一切，迫使她选择离开我。

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That has moved around a lot, but it got almost up to 60% in the post World War II period and now it's down to less than a third.

计算所得的百分率变动很大,二战后,它一度达到将近60%,现在又降到不到三分之一

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