He has a limited time to crank the reforms into action.

他启动各项改革的时间很有限。

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The blizzard had been expected, allowing cities time to crank out the salt and snow plows.

由于预报会有暴风雪，各个城市都有时间来准备盐和扫雪机。

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Yet, just last week she finally embraced the strategy and was able to crank out some killer copy in about 20% of the time it would have normally taken her.

但是就在上周，她最终转投了我的策略，她只用了通常时间的20%，就完成了某个非常棘手的稿子。

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Warmth, colors, antlers on the walls, an old-time crank phone like you saw in silent movies.

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Though Doiron's music contains folk elements appropriate for such a sleepy, romantic backdrop, she also takes the time to crank the volume on an electric guitar.

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His funniest moments are too many to detail here (like the time when he crank-called Starbucks), but one moment stands out for me.

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