But then Mr Prahalad's core competence lay in big ideas rather than in dotting the "I" s and crossing the "t" s.

不过，普拉哈拉德的核心竞争力在于宏大思想，而不在于亲力亲为。

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Look at line fifty. This is where Milton asks the ocean nymphs where they were when Edward King's boat was lost ? while crossing the Irish Sea: why didn't you do anything?

看第50行，这里弥尔顿问海洋女神们,爱德华·金的船在穿越爱尔兰海途中失事的时候,她们在哪里：你们为什么不救他？

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The hymn doesn't anywhere refer to people crossing over on dry land.

在赞美诗中并没有提到人们从地面上穿过海洋。

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"They've got to be careful about dotting the i's and crossing the t's, " Ms. Feddis said.

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Mr. RAPHAEL GARRON(ph) (Realtor): The days of slipshod paperwork and not doing the crossing of all the T's and the dotting of all the I's is over.

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In other words there will be a review of the decision to curb the growth of judicial reviews - which sounds like dotting the "i's" and crossing the "t's".

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