The firm was in a hell of a mess when he took over.

他接手时公司一团糟。

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He took over a grocery chain.

他接管了一家食品杂货连锁企业。

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Shortly after he took over the Reader's Digest Association in 1984, George Grune unlocked the company's boardroom and announced that the room was now open to the employees.

1984年，乔治·格鲁恩接管读者文摘集团后不久，就开放了公司的董事会会议室，宣布会议室现在对员工开放。

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"Prime Minister Netanyahu, from day one that he took office, asked Mr.Abu Mazen to come over and meet, no preconditions, and the rejection came from the Palestinian side,"

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It's not as though he took the brain out and literally moved that hunk of tissue over here.

并不是说他真的把脑子取出来,把一团脑组织移过来。

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One by one he subdued his father's trees By riding them down over and over again Until he took the stiffness out of them - And not one but hung limp, not one was left for him to conquer.

他一株一株地征服他父亲的树,一次又一次地把它们骑在胯下,直到把树的倔强劲儿完全制服：,一株又一株都垂头丧气地低下来。

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Then he noted that Shkreli was a hedge fund manager before he took over Turing.

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Last summer, he took over Pescara in Italy's second tier, and the magic returned.

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He took over the island nation of Antigua with his offshore banking empire, Stanford Financial.

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