If you are tired of being lonely or feel like you are in need of new, more relevant friends, thefirst step is widening the pool of potential friends.

如果你厌倦了孤单或者感觉自己需要一些新的、更加亲密的朋友，那么第一步就是扩展潜在朋友的圈子。

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Thefirst increase in the tax rate, from 5 per cent to 8 per cent, was seen by someas a step too far, as household incomes were already under strain from the highest rate of inflation for many years.

一些人认为，税率从5%上调至8%的第一步未免迈得太大。 家庭收入早已处在连续数年高通胀的重压之下，骤然增税更是雪上加霜。

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