The vet tried to correct his mistake in a second operation, but he was very uncertain whether it would succeed.

兽医尝试做了第二次手术来补救，但他非常不确定是否会成功。

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The idea foundered due to a lack of American co-operation - a costly mistake, as it turned out.

英国的这个设想最后不了了之，原因是缺乏美国的合作——后来的结局证明这是个代价昂贵的错误。

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In the lawsuit, by who and use which procedure to recognize the medicine prescription mistake, the judicial practice operation is not quite unified.

在诉讼中，由谁、依据什么程序来认定医方过错，司法实践操作极不统一。

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And though he claims to agree with his running-mate Yevgeny Primakov that a ground operation would be a mistake, he did so in such a way as to throw doubt on whether he really meant it.

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While the Balkans did net the Germans a reliable source of oil, attempting to squeeze an invasion of the Balkans and Operation Barbarossa into the same summer was a gigantic mistake.

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When they make a mistake, they collect more money for a second operation to repair the damage done in the first one.

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