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  • Welcome to English in a minute.

  • In American English, Crunch has many meanings.

  • It's a stomach exercise, the sound made when chewing hard foods and a critical moment crunch time.

  • That does not look like the draft of our big report, the one I sent you this morning for editing.

  • Oh, this.

  • No, it's not.

  • I just need to get my fund reading and for the day fund reading, there's no time for fun.

  • It's crunch time.

  • The final report is due tomorrow morning.

  • Jonathan, you don't have to worry.

  • We'll have the edits to you right after I finished my puzzle.

  • Crunch time is a period of intense pressure.

  • It's a critical point where action is needed.

  • You might hear sports broadcasters using this phrase near the end of a game, and that's English in a minute.

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