In fact, you may find yourself taking two steps forward and one step back.

事实上，你可能会发现每当自己往前走了两补后就会倒退一步。

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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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But it's two steps forward, one step back.

可以说我们在向迈前进两步后又倒退了一步。

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There are going to be occasions where you take one step forward and two steps back -- sometimes you take two steps forward and one step back.

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

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"It's two steps forward, one step back, " Mr. Williams said.

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