His position as mayor gives him leverage to get things done.

他的市长身份使他有能力办成一些事情。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

He knew I was energetic and dynamic and would get things done.

他知道我精力充沛、生气勃勃，会把事情办成的。

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Ford was a respecter of proprieties and liked to see things done properly.

福特非常注重礼仪，喜欢把事情办得妥帖得体。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

They mean that a person with a lot of money can say how he or she wants things done.

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So I can't really speak to the specifics of what was going on But bureaucracy as we know is always with us and one of the problems of Afghnastan was getting things done quickly, and a lot of mistakes were made because they try to so things too quickly and didn't think through the process.

所以我也不知道情况到底是怎样的,但是官僚作风是一直存在的,阿富汗存在一个问题就是,很多事情完成的太快，以至于出现了很多错误,这是因为他们想要尽快把事情做完,没有考虑过程。

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getting things done, going from point A to point B

把事情完成，从一个地方到另一个地方，

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Members of Congress were sent here to make hard decisions and get things done, right?

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

What a rarity: a big-think policy entrepreneur who knows how to get things done in government.

FORBES: Magazine Article

They say they're ready to work together to get things done for the American people.

NPR: The Politics of the Capitol's New Power Structure