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So, in short, there seems to be a plan afoot.
因此，简单地说，这似乎有一个正在进行的计划。
Yet on the basis of this short stay in Shahabpur more change is afoot in India’s villages than is commonly supposed.
然而，根据这次在沙哈普尔短暂停留的印象，印度乡村悄然发生的变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.
现在有一种动议——当然受到大的游说活动的鼓动——要提供一种赦免，在这一赦免下公司可以转回资金，但几乎不交纳任何税。

So, in short, there seems to be a plan afoot.
因此，简单地说，这似乎有一个正在进行的计划。
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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.