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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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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With a lot of training, we might be able to lick the team into shape in time for next year's games.

通过大量训练，我们或许能把这个队及时训练好，迎接明年的比赛。

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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