He took two steps forward.

他向前走了两步。

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In peacekeeping as in other matters, Brazil's global ambitions tend to move two steps forward and one back.

在维和行动和其他问题上，巴西的全球野心应该会“前进两步，后退一步”。

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Note that my process wasn't this linear. In fact it was quite messy, sometimes moving two steps forward and one step back.

请注意我经历的这个过程并非那么清楚明了，事实上，这个过程相当混乱，有时候前进两步，有时候又退后一步。

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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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Two steps forward, then, in the march toward the universal recognition of gay marriage?

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