If this suggestion isn't accepted, we'll be back to square one.

如果这个建议得不到采纳，我们就得从头再来了。

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Meanwhile, should this prove to be more than a temporary scare, policy makers who have pulled out all the stops already to encourage risk-taking will be back to square one .

与此同时，如果这次证明不仅是暂时性恐慌，已经全力以赴准备鼓励投资者勇于冒险的决策者将退回到原点。

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When things seemed to be better and I was ready, he lost his job, so I felt like I was back to square one!

就在一切都好起来，而我也准备好跟他分手时，他却失业了。我感觉自己又回到了远点。

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But if the Kosovars do not budge, the mediators will be back to square one.

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If Royal walked away, and an alternative tie-up with Carnival deal was then blocked by regulators, the company would be back to square one, probably leaving shareholders nursing hefty losses.

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If Congress fails to pass a bill, we'll be back to square one in the new year, with the Senate needing to pass a new bill which will then have to be ratified by the House.

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