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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"It was a very simple mathematical answer almost anyone could use," Panjer says "And when you've got a hammer, everything suddenly looks like a nail."

Panjer说：“那是一个几乎人人你用的非常简单的数学解答。”当你手里拿着榔头，任何东西突然间都看起来象钉子。

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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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