That one mistake almost cost him his life.

那一个差错几乎使他丧命。

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That one mistake has cost him dear over the years.

那一个差错使他多年来付出了沉重的代价。

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He made one mistake and his career came to an ignominious end.

他犯了一个错误，他的事业就很不体面地结束了。

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One mistake now would bring total disaster.

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So what's one mistake that's apparent to some here?

所以这里的一个明显的错误是什么？

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So I think this question is very much related to your first one about how we mistake what success really means.

我觉得这个问题与,你的第一个问题紧密相连,就是“我们对于成功的错误理解“

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Troy Bayliss, who was leading comfortably, just crumbled under the pressure after he made one mistake.

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"I just made one mistake in the race and blew our chance, " the 27-year-old said.

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One mistake and you can see a huge shift in customers to a competitor.

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