They went to different places to finish tasks in a short time.

为了在短时间内完成任务，他们去了不同的地方。

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Just imagine! We have to finish reading 300 pages before Monday! How can the professor expect us to do it in such a short time?

想象一下！我们必须在星期一之前读完300页！教授怎么可以认为我们能在这么短的时间内做完呢？

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The man in blue is too old to finish the difficult task in such a short time.

这个穿蓝衣服的人太年长了，不能在这么短的时间内完成这项艰巨的任务。

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He had tasted it as a prisoner of war in Germany, and the wine, a thimbleful in a mustard jar, was underripe and short on the finish.

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It sounds naive but it was very ordered and structured and easy to finish in short time.

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And Collins Obuya looked on course for a famous century, only to finish two runs short as Kenya ended on 264-6.

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