They made the big mistake of thinking they could seize its border with a relatively small force.

他们犯了个大错，认为他们可以用相对少的军队占领边界。

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Every time I made a move to get it some passing eye detected my purpose, and of course I straightened up then, and looked indifferent and pretended that I hadn't been thinking about the pear at all.

每当我想要把梨拿走的时候，总有一些过路的眼睛看出了我的意图，于是我当然就直起了腰，摆出一副无所谓的样子，假装根本没有想过梨的事。

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These important types of assessments can be made with agile development, but it’s a different way of thinking than you might be used to with waterfall methodologies.

以及这些对于预算意味着什么？ 可以对敏捷开发作出这些重要的评估，但是这种思考方式与您在瀑布式方法中的思考方式不同。

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During his long career, that independent way of thinking made Kennedy a strong champion of liberal causes.

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I'm thinking again of grapes and olives; they made mostly olive oil and wine.

我又想起了橄榄和葡萄,它们绝大部分被制成橄榄油和酒

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The board made the fatal mistake of thinking it knew the extent of any possible harm and dismissed the need for an inquiry, before even looking into the facts.

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With regard to her sacking, Mrs Gillan said she would not divulge any details of her conversation with Prime Minister David Cameron, other than to say that he had always made no secret of his thinking that a Welsh MP would eventually take the role.

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Boehner made the classic political mistake of thinking that a display of reasonableness would charm the opposition and becalm the base with its rewards.

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