Sometimes you need to lower your expectations in the short run and make your focus very narrow and very simple.

有时候你需要降低短期内的期望值，使你的注意力集中到一点上，并且简化它。

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And so, very frequently throughout the route, you had protesters - sometimes even just one or two lunging into the narrow street.

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