You'll have four months in which to lick the recruits into shape.

你将有4个月的时间练就这些新兵。

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Jack used a say, 'Ennis del Mar,' he used a say, 'I'm goin a bring him up here one a these days and we'll lick this damn ranch into shape.

杰克老是念叨‘埃尼斯？德？玛尔’，还说‘我总有一天会把他带来，我们一起打理爹的农场’。

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They need another rehearsal to lick the production into shape.

他们还需要再次排练，演出才会像样。

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Mr de Irala had no experience of the airline industry when he was appointed in 1996 with a mandate to lick Iberia into shape for privatisation.

ECONOMIST: European airlines

Although managers have many reasons for disliking unions they bid up workers' wages, fight job cuts and often oppose moves to lick companies into shape bosses' concern is not solely for shareholder value.

ECONOMIST: Who pays for unions?