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everything has its time
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this is before the cringle has time to recover from its stretching.
oku kwakuphambili kokuba ikhringili ibenexesha lokubuyela ekutwebekeni.

this is because such ropes usually come to a violent end before fatigue has time to set in.
le nto ingokuba iintambo ezithile ziba nesiphelo sobubhovu-bhovu phambi kokuba udino luseke ixesha.

another crewmember now has time to devise a "shore" out of the chopped-away joiner work.
omnye umsebenzi ngoku uba nale ixesha lokwenze ``unxweme'' ngomsebenze wejoiner asikiweyo.