Mr Zapatero was inexperienced, ill-prepared and unprepossessing; he was nicknamed "Bambi", as he often looked like a startled fawn caught in the headlights.

缺少经验，不够老练以及无领导风范萨帕特罗被戏称为“小鹿斑比”，因为聚光灯下的他总是显得惶恐不安。

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The firm he left behind was ill-prepared for a business that got reshaped by billion-dollar behemoths and cutthroat pricing.

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Neil Leitch, of the Pre-School Learning Alliance charity, said he was pleased the prime minister was prepared to compromise but the current "ill-considered" proposal should be scrapped altogether.

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Tourist Board president, Deputy Geoff Norman, said he was not prepared to respond to an "ill-informed outburst".

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