They've never faltered, only a little bit. They believed in themselves, but more importantly, they believed in U2.

VOA: special.2009.10.19

So that the attractive forces can exert themselves a little bit.

所以这个相互作用,能够对分子自己产生作用。

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"In order to reverse the situation and to give themselves a little bit more leverage, they are turning towards new kinds of ideas or at least ideas that they are pushing forward and making more prominent than they were before."

VOA: standard.2010.05.03

They ended up isolating themselves a bit, and met new friends through their gym.

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The main result of the raids is probably to make German tax-evaders themselves a bit more systematic.

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He also suggested that precious metals mining companies might have done themselves a bit of a disservice by lowering the quality of their earnings.

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