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Taka Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
crank
To predict the vast majority of human acts - going to the refrigerator, getting on the bus, reaching into one's wallet - you don't need to crank through a mathematical model, run a computer simulation of a neural network, or hire a professional psychologist; you can just ask your grandmother.
What exactly does 'to crank through' mean?
'To apply' or something?
What exactly does 'to crank through' mean?
'To apply' or something?
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Hi, To do something in a way that is step-by-step, methodical, detailed, boring and unimaginative. Clive
- Hi, To do something in a way that is step-by-step, methodical, detailed, boring and unimaginative.
- Clive
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Hi,
To do something in a way that is step-by-step, methodical, detailed, boring and unimaginative.
Clive
To do something in a way that is step-by-step, methodical, detailed, boring and unimaginative.
Clive
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Go about it in a roundabout/difficult way.
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crank
intransitive verb
1 : to run or move with a winding course : wind and turn : ZIGZAG<the river comes cranking into the town> <the hare cranked and doubled>
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crank
intransitive verb
1 : to run or move with a winding course : wind and turn : ZIGZAG<the river comes cranking into the town> <the hare cranked and doubled>
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Hi,
In Taka's example, the image that comes to my mind is that of a rather bored person turning the crank (ie the handle) on a machine.
Best wishes, Clive
In Taka's example, the image that comes to my mind is that of a rather bored person turning the crank (ie the handle) on a machine.
Best wishes, Clive
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