Whatever it was, it has become a good example of how a little mistake can trap you in a more serious moral corner.

不管它是什么，它已经成为一个很好的例子，说明一个小小的错误会使你陷入一个更严重的道德困境。

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The game is poised on a knife-edge. One mistake or one piece of good luck could decide it.

比赛形势扑朔迷离。一个失误或是一点运气就有可能决定胜负。

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Even good speakers make the mistake of building a strong case for their viewpoint without discussing (or understanding) the topic from the opposite point of view.

很好的演讲者都会犯这样的错误：仅仅以一己之见得出个结论，完全不理会这个主题还有相反的观点。

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So the flaw in the argument that Chris and Ryan had -- it isn't a bad argument, it's a good starting point but the flaw in the argument, the mistake in the argument was the first sentence in the argument.

所以克里斯和瑞恩的说法的漏洞在于,这并不是一个错误的说法,这是一个很好的出发点,但其中存在漏洞,其中的漏洞在于第一句话

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It would either say something like -I'm not going to do the words that they would have come up with, but they would have said, yeah that's a good place to go or don't do that, that's a terrible mistake.

这答案不外乎两种,我不会说他们的那种语言,但是他们的意思大概是,那是个好去处,或者别做那事儿,那是个糟糕的错误

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Does the team have a culture of forgiving mistakes, or are you as good as your last mistake?

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"I felt we passed the ball decently, but Celtic are a good team and any mistake you get punished, " he said.

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They rely on an almost NFL-caliber offensive line, good running backs, a mistake-free quarterback, and a hard-nosed defense.

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