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実践ビジネス英語 2008.07.10
2008年7月第2週分 Lesson 8 Business Trip to New York (5)
== Key Phrases to Remember ==
● I mean つまり，その
・ You say ‘I mean’ when making clearer something that you have just said. (SPOKEN) (COBUILD)
● fill[fit] the bill 要求・用件を満たす
This phrase seems to come from 19th century shows where the theater owner would have few major acts, but needed a few more, shorter or smaller ones, to fill up the evening bill. The bill was a list of what was on the show for that day. So someone who could fill the bill was exactly what they needed.
・ fit/fill the bill to be exactly what you need: This car fits the bill perfectly. It’s cheap and gets good mileage. (LDOCE)
● dilemma 窮地，ジレンマ
・ be on the horns of a dilemma to be in a situation in which you have to choose between two equally unpleasant or difficult situations
● at an all-time high
・ all-time = used when you compare things to say that one of them is the best, worst etc that there has ever been
an all-time high/low : The price of wheat had reached an all-time low. / They reached an all-time record score. (LDOCE)
● to one’s heart’s content 思う存分
You could say, "as much as one wishes," or "as much as one wants."
・ do something to your heart’s content = to do something as much as you want: She took refuge in the library, where she could read to her heart’s content. (LDOCE)
● easy on the budget 経費に優しい，安上がりな
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red-eye (informal, especially NAmE) a flight in a plane at night, on which you cannot get enough sleep
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