Meaning of IT'S CRUNCH TIME - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles
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So in English when we say, "It's crunch time.",
it means that something needs to done by a
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certain time and that time is coming quickly.
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So a good example of this would be if you're
working on a big project at work and let's
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say it's Wednesday and the project is due
Friday, and you have a lot of work to do to
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get it done.
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You would describe that by saying, "It's crunch
time.", because you're kind of in a hurry
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to get the project done.
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Another good example is maybe you're in school
and you have to study for a test and the test
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is coming up in a couple days and you have
a lot of studying to do you could describe
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that by saying, "It's crunch time.", and that
just describes that it's time to work even
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harder than normal to get something done.
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