Lucky to be Working with you(3)

■Words and Phrases

  • go to one's head
    • つけあがる
  • confidence and competence
    • 自身と能力
  • to this day
    • 今でも、今日に至るまで
  • set the world on fire
    • 大成功する
  • blush to remember
    • 思い出すと赤面する
  • cocky
    • うぬぼれた
  • technical wizard
    • 専門分野での先輩
  • be full one oneself
    • うぬぼれが強い
  • more than a little
    • いくらかどころではない
  • run rings around someone
    • 人よりはるかに勝っている
  • whippersnapper
    • 生意気な若造
  • snap at someones heels
    • 人を追い立てる
  • have nothing on
    • 人に太刀打ちできない

■Daily Exercise

  1. Paul jokes that his colleagues' praise make him feel conceited.
  2. What was Paul's opinion of his skills when he began his career? he thought they were very good.
  3. Paul's first boss was not up to Paul in terms of technical skills.