The hotel is only a short step from the beach.

旅馆离海滩只有几步路。

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It seems to be a short step from believing that every event has a cause to believing that every disaster is our fault.

从相信每件事都有原因，到相信每一场灾难都是我们的错，似乎只有一步之遥。

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In principle, that's a short step.

从原则上说，那只是一个简短的步骤。

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He had told a friend, "You come to realize that life is short, and you have to step up.

VOA: special.2010.02.07

While Washington praised Mr.Netanyahu's gesture as a step forward, US Middle East envoy George Mitchell acknowledged the plan falls short.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

From there it is a short step to Narnia, itself a land in conflict.

NEWYORKER: (director: Andrew Adamson; 2005)

So can a GB team make it to a future Olympics and take a short step towards emulating the 1936 heroes?

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It is a short step from that fallacious assertion to maintaining that a permanent inability for such production would have equally benign effects.

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