Giving Feedback(3)

■Words and Phrases

  • profusely
    • 大いに
  • storm into
    • 猛然と入り込む
  • a piece of one's mind
    • 叱り付ける
  • honesty pay
    • 正直が報われる
  • candor
    • 率直さ
  • At the risk of
    • リスクは承知しているが
  • it sounds a bit too folky and casual, or even disrespectful
    • 少しなれなれしすぎで、くだけすぎに聞こえたり、失礼に聞こえたりすることさえある。
  • big shots
    • お偉方
  • call someone out
    • 〜に指摘する
  • the pot calling the kettle black
    • 自分のことは棚に上げている

■Daily Exercise

  1. The executive valued Bill's honesty.
  2. What did the executive do to the three men he'd met earlier that morning? He remonstrated with them.
  3. Seiji was unaware that he used the phrase "you guys" inappropriately.