He took two steps forward.

他向前走了两步。

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He took a few steps forward, and still nothing!

他向前走了几步，还是什么也没有！

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Two steps forward, one step back.

3前进两步，后退一步 。

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"Whoever makes steps forward with North Korea is not as important as making a difference with North Korea.

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Imagine life where you never got used to anything, where suddenly somebody steps forward and waves their hand " and you'd go, "Woah," " and then they wave their hand again and you'd go, "Whoah," -- and you keep-- And there's the loud ticking of a clock and you say, " "Hmmm."

试想你在生活中无法习惯任何事情，要有人突然跳出来向你挥手,你肯定吓得惊叫，“哇“,然后他们再跟你挥手，你又惊叫“哇“,然后你就不停地-,或是在你听到响亮的钟摆声后很惊奇地说，“嗯“

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And indeed Judah, the one who had figured so prominently in the sale of Joseph, that had crushed his father, Judah steps forward and offers himself instead of Benjamin: he says: It would kill my father now to lose Benjamin, the last son of his beloved wife, Rachel.

但确实是犹太，他在卖掉约瑟夫时作用重大，他击溃了他的亲身父亲，他向前一步，提出用自己交换本杰明：,他说：，现在失去了本杰明，我父亲就会死去，他是父亲爱妻Rachel的最后一个儿子。

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This suggests that markets may settle into a pattern of two steps forward, one step back.

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But for every two steps forward James and his redemption take, he moves one step back.

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While the new contract is far from perfect, several items stand out as positive steps forward.

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