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1
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Bailout

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an act of giving financial assistance to a failing business or economy to save it from collapse.

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Regulatory reform

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improvements to the quality of government regulation

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Touch bases

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Get in contact

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Run by

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Follow

to tell someone about something so that that person can give their opinion about it:
Would you run your idea by me one more time?

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5
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Off the hook

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no longer in difficulty or trouble:
“I lied to get him off the hook”
synonyms:
out of trouble · free · in the clear · under no obligation 

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6
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Pick up the slack

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To improve

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Arbitrary

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Whim

on the basis of random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system.

自分勝手に　気ままに

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Nice and slow

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Slowly

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Mess up

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make something untidy or dirty.

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10
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Burn money

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Spend money

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Faltering sales

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Bad sales. losing strength or momentum.

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Hiatus

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a pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process.

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——of any kind

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業種の枠を超えて

regardless of the specific type” or “any type whatsoever,” essentially indicating that something can be of any variety or category without restriction

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Versed

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experienced or skilled in; knowledgeable about.

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Cut yourself off

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To interrupt one and stop them from talking. In this usage

To stop something from working; to turn something off. In this usage

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Choose your friends carefully because you cannot be better than who you associate with

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Choose friends

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17
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Multiply

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Proliferate

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Throw off

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rid oneself of something.

1.
rid oneself of something.
“he was struggling to throw off a viral-hepatitis problem”
Similar:
get rid of
cast off
discard

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Thumbnail

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a very small or concise description, representation, or summary.

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Bleeding

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used when you are annoyed with something:
I can’t get the bleeding car to start!

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21
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Wait out

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wait until a particular, typically unpleasant, event or period is over.

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22
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Get into (the character)

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Affect, influence

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23
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Give away

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Give freely

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24
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Psych yourself up

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Increase someone’s excitement

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Grounded

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1.
well balanced and sensible.
“for someone so young, Chris is extremely grounded”
2.
(of a pilot or an aircraft) prohibited or prevented from flying.
“you don’t taunt a grounded flier, especially after he’s had a few beers”

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Side by side approach

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Collaborative approach
協力し合う
This parallel approach presents the opportunity to slowly phase out the existing solution with no crash deadlines for this to be completed. In essence, the side-by-side approach minimizes the risks associated with ripping and replacing an entire system in just one go.

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27
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Whiteass

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(offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur) A white person.

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28
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Alpha male

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the dominant male animal in a particular group.

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29
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Good to go

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Ready to leave, start

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30
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Head over to the debt

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to owe so much money that there is no possibility of paying it all back

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Imposter

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Deceives others by pretend to be someone else

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32
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Crib note

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Cheat sheet

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33
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Don’t get hammered

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Drank

“Get hammered” is a slang phrase that means to become very drunk

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34
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Couture

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Expensive clothe

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35
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Maiter d

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Galsone

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36
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Relentless

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Incessant

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37
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What really matters

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本当に大事な物

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38
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Get cut from the team

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外される

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39
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Dusting yourself off

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埃を払って

40
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Pounding

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Drink, eat very quickly ,
repeated and heavy striking or hitting of someone or something

41
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Bounce back

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立ち直る

42
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Garnish

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to decorate food with a small amount of different food:
garnish something with something Garnish the dish with parsley before serving.
付け合わせ

43
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Kick things off

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Begin

44
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  • is home to -
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生みの親

45
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Scoop out

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くり抜く

46
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Work it into

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挿入する

47
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A dime a dozen

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Very common, no value

48
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Shape up or ship out

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頑張らんとクビや

49
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Ultimatum

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最後通牒

“their employers issued an ultimatum demanding an immediate return to work”

a threat in which a person or group of people are warned that if they do not do a particular thing, something unpleasant will happen to them. It is usually the last and most extreme in a series of actions taken to bring about a particular result:
He gave her an ultimatum - she could either stop seeing Peter and come back to him or it was divorce.

50
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For the umpteenth time

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again, for a very large number of times, so many that you have lost count” - essentially indicating that something is happening repeatedly, often to the point of annoyance or frustration.
Example: “For the umpteenth time, please remember to turn off the lights when you leave the room. 何度も言いますが

51
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Honorarium

A

Fee payment

52
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Pumped up

A

Fill with enthusiasm

53
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Gimme

A

Short putt in golf

54
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Lurk out

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Move stealthily

55
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Run up against

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to experience an unexpected difficulty:
The plans for the new bridge ran up against strong local opposition.

56
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Shepard

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Guide

57
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Latent

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Inactive , 潜在的

58
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Reclaim

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to take back something that was yours:
You’ll be able to reclaim the tax on all equipment that you buy.

59
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Got up off our butts

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Get start

60
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Huckster

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a person who sells small items, either door-to-door or from a stall or small store.

61
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Indictment

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a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime.
“an indictment for conspiracy”

Disapproval

62
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Frontal lobe

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each of the paired lobes of the brain lying immediately behind the forehead, including areas concerned with behavior, learning, personality, and voluntary movement.

63
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Motor

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運動神経

64
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Elusive

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Difficult to find, 捉えどころの無い

difficult to describe, find, achieve, or remember:

The answers to these questions remain as elusive as ever.
Success, however, remained elusive for her.

65
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Underscore

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to emphasize the importance something:
The need for fire detectors in cargo bays was underscored by some accidents in the 1980s.

66
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Sits Idly by

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To not act to prevent something

67
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Hounds

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輩

68
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Take a tumble

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Fall down

69
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Loopy

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Crazy or silly

70
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By then

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その時には

71
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I’m loving every minute here

A

I’m enjoying so much

72
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Can’t get my head around
Can’t wrap my head around

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Understand something difficult

73
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Psyched

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Excited and full of anticipation

74
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Downer

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a depressant or tranquillizing drug, especially a barbiturate. 冷静でいる事
“during that week I was heavily doped on downers”
a dispiriting or depressing experience or factor.

75
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Get us back on track

A

For the right directionに導く

76
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Heads-up

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an advance warning of something.

77
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Even if you haven’t quite thought it all through

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Even if you haven’t quite thought thoroughly

78
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Jerk

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contemptibly obnoxious person.

79
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Yap

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give a sharp, shrill bark. お喋りな

80
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Camouflage

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hide or disguise the presence of (a person, animal, or object) by means of camouflage.

81
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Take baby steps

A

Begin to walk

少しずつ慣れていけば大丈夫だよ。
Baby steps.

82
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Bumps

A

Difficulty

83
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Ain’t gonna go according to plan

A

その通りには上手くいかない

84
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Newly sober eyes

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新しく冷静な目で

85
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Desk dwelling computer nerds

A

机に齧り付く

86
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Give it a shot

A

Try やってみなはれ

87
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Prosthetic

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義足

88
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Fit in

A

In line with

89
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In literal way

A

文字通り

90
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Resonance

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奥深い

91
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Give myself pat on the back

A

自画自賛

92
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Tagline

A

キャッチフレーズ

93
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Grab onto

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to take hold of something in order to steady oneself or to gain some kind of assistance. For example, you might write, “The snow was so slippery I had to grab onto something to not fall over.” しっかり掴まる

94
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Give an edge

A

エッジを与える、競争力を高める◆製品・サービス・アイデアなどに新しい機能や技術を追加して、競争上の優位性を与える。
単語帳

95
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Tap

A

exploit or draw a supply from (a resource).
“clients from industry seeking to tap Edinburgh’s resources of expertise”

⇆ untapped

96
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I’m measing with him

A

やつを揶揄ってるんだ！

97
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Regal

A

of, resembling, or fit for a monarch, especially in being magnificent or dignified.
“her regal bearing”
Similar:
majestic
grand
Impressive

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