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So, in short, there seems to be a plan afoot.
因此，簡單地說，這似乎有一個正在進行的計劃。
Yet on the basis of this short stay in Shahabpur more change is afoot in India’s villages than is commonly supposed.
然而，根據(jù)這次在沙哈普爾短暫停留的印象，印度鄉(xiāng)村悄然發(fā)生的變化比一般所想象中的多。
Now there’s a move afoot — driven, of course, by a major lobbying campaign — to offer an amnesty under which companies could move funds back while paying hardly any taxes.
現(xiàn)在有一種動議——當(dāng)然受到大的游說活動的鼓動——要提供一種赦免，在這一赦免下公司可以轉(zhuǎn)回資金，但幾乎不交納任何稅。

So, in short, there seems to be a plan afoot.
因此，簡單地說，這似乎有一個正在進行的計劃。
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If you say that a plan or scheme is afoot, it is already happening or being planned, but you do not know much about it.