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Question 1

3-bullet executive summary” mean?

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It means a very short summary, written in 3 bullet points, that gives the key ideas someone (like an executive) needs to quickly understand a topic — no extra details, just the essentials.

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clearly assigned action items

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Format the action items as a checklist

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worried we’d lose track of our decisions.

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I pasted the transcript into ChatGPT, and

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The AI extracted the three key decisions,

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target launch date.

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help you ease into it

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“I want to start journaling

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If I seemed to resist certain topics, it would pivot

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— they’d start talking about work instead.

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This handwritten note is hard to read. Can

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Even small things find a home in my hea

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take preventive action before problems arise.

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catch things before they go wr

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often see the risks others miss

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I act before they turn into real problems.

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Import surplus and export defic

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The guy who hold all the cards.

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Don’t call in me.

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renege on a deal / contract / promise

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• renege（/rɪˈnɛɡ/ 或 /rɪˈniːɡ/，動詞）
= 違背、食言，指原本答應了某事，後來卻不照做。
常見搭配：

Question 21

Gripe

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gripe（動詞／名詞）
→ 意思是抱怨、發牢騷、不滿
• 常用語氣是小聲念念唸唸、一直有點不爽那種抱怨，跟正式的 complaint 比起來，gripe 比較「煩人／瑣碎／情緒化」。

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Open-ended question

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What else you feel is important

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Gasped

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解析
• gasped 是動詞 gasp 的過去式
• 意思是：倒抽一口氣、因驚訝、恐懼、疼痛或興奮而突然吸氣

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have a great handle on

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= 對某件事掌握得很好、非常熟練、有信心處理

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Cut worker count

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cut ABC’s payout

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= 削減 ABC 公司的支出／支付金額 具體意思要看上下文，可能是指： • 減少給股東的股利（dividend） • 減少給員工的獎金 • 減少某個部門的撥款 • 減少對外的賠償／補助

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put… into the black

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put… into the black = 讓某事轉虧為盈／變成有利可圖 → 「in the black」是會計術語，代表有盈餘（黑字） 相反是「in the red」＝虧損（紅字） • the contract = 合約、案子、項目

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Sold out flight

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put someone in a tight spot

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= 讓某人處於困難處境／進退兩難／很難做決定的狀況

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The deal was off

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Put the contract in jeopardy

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Heated exchange

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Elaborate on her situation

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解析 • irate（/aɪˈreɪt/， • customer = 客戶、顧客

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形容詞） = 盛怒的、非常憤怒的 比 angry 更強烈，語氣是「怒火中燒」那種感覺

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所以 booked solid 就是：

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排得滿滿的、一點空檔都沒有

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Is there a possibility a seat will be open?

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economy plus seating

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= 加值經濟艙座位／優選經濟艙

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Keep at it

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Imagine yourself in your counterpart’s situation

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Little V is just blowing hot air a

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air = 說大話／空話／誇誇其談沒內容 常用來形容一個人講得很浮誇，但實

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I was cut out for every one of them.

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Any credentials?

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You’ve got a snowball’s chance in hell

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= 你幾乎完全沒機會 / 絕對不可能發生

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Bring down barriers