It was a long trek, and Jack and I both started to get cranky.

那是一次长途跋涉，我和杰克都开始烦躁抱怨起来。

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Can you deal with a demanding client, an unreliable vendor, or a cranky receptionist if your business interests demand it?

如果是商业利益所需，你是否能和一位你不满意的客户，一位不可靠的供应商，或一位性格暴躁的接待员打好交道呢？

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She cautions that "it would be wrong to characterise all opposition to vaccines as cranky or anti-science," because there can be problems with vaccines.

他告诫“那将是错误的把所有反对接种疫苗的描述看成是胡思乱想或是反科学的，因为接种会遇到某些问题。”

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Cold weather is harder on the bus, and hard on the passengers -- everybody's cranky when it's cold.

CNN: Express Line dispatch: Time for reflection, laundry

Drawing on the meditative traditions of Buddhism and Taoism, combined with deep-breathing and martial-arts exercises, it may seem somewhat cranky to non-adherents, and no doubt it has attracted its share of charlatans and crooks.

ECONOMIST: Worried in Beijing

Most Americans would disagree with my view - some might even regard it as cranky.

BBC: Boston's past lessons on the truths people believe