You'd better lower your standards if you want to find somewhere cheap to live.

要想找个便宜的地方住，你最好降低要求。

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Are your standards are too high?

你的标准太高了吗？

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Lowering your standards.

降低你的标准。

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"Let's say you have an undergraduate law degree but you really want to be able to bring international human rights standards to bear on a particular conflict in your part of the world.

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If you meet with 10 companies, the probability some will not meet your standards is very high.

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This means you can run your own mic solution if the internal microphone isn't up to your standards (and there's a good chance it won't be).

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You'll also get a chance to visit different properties to see if they meet your standards, as not all have modern conveniences such as air conditioning and high-speed Internet access.

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