Take a half step forward and keep your knees bent.

向前小半步并保持膝盖微曲。

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Let's meet each other half way. Mutual efforts will carry us a step forward.

我们各让一半吧，共同努力才能使我们前进一步。

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Each step forward, however, is often accompanied by a glance, or even a half-step, back.

ECONOMIST: Room for improvement

It looks like they've struck a sweet spot with performance and have taken a bit step forward as they usually do in the second half of the season.

BBC: David Coulthard column

The malaria vaccine is far from perfect, protecting close to half of its recipients from the disease, but it is nevertheless a huge step forward in combating malaria across a continent that needs all the help it can get.

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