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【今日內容】
#1 To catch up: 趕上
ex: John waited for Lilly to catch up.
ex: We are having a hard time catching up to our competitors.
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#2 Stay on budget / go over budget
ex: Our spending is way over budget. We need to cut costs.
＊這裡我不小心口誤。cost down 是錯誤的（台式英文），應該是 cut costs。對不起～
*spending: 單數，不可數-Our spendings are way over budget. (X)
ex: I asked our boss if we could go over budget. He said “why don’t you kiss my ass”
kiss my ass: 拍馬屁？(X)
kiss my ass = fuck you
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#3 Sign off on (something): 簽名核准
ex: Our boss finally signed off on the new deal.
ex: Do you think our business partner will sign off on the deal? Probably not. It’s a shitty deal.
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#4 To be ahead of the curve: 走在最前端。指公司發展快速，有遠見。做別人沒想到的事。
ex: Our company is always ahead of the curve. We are always looking for the newest ideas.
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#5 A ballpark figure: 估計= rough estimate: 粗估
figure:兩個意思：數據，或是圖表：書本最後，Look at figure 7
ex: Can you give me a ballpark figure?
ex: I’m not sure about the specific price, but I can give you a ballpark figure.
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#6 To kick off: 開始某件事
來自美式足球的開賽，kick off
ex: I’d like to kick off with a quick look at our returns.
由某件事情開始：kick off with a…
ex: We are kicking off our event with a congratulation to our new partner.
你可能覺得，這兩個差別是什麼？
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#7 White collar, blue collar
ex: John is a white collar worker.
ex: Bob is a blue collar worker.
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#8 To look at the big picture: 宏觀
ex: Don’t focus on the small details. Look at the big picture. We have to be ahead of the curve.
老闆可能跟員工說：
CEO: We need to move in on new technology and develop new software to compete with our rivals.
Manager: How are we supposed to do that. Creating new software takes a lot of time and money. We don’t have the necessary resources.
CEO: I don’t know. I’m just looking at the big picture. It’s something we must do, otherwise we’re going to go out of business.
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#9 To play by the book: 照著規矩走
ex: I’m really frustrated with John. He does everything by the book and never knows when to improvise. I bet he never changes position during sex.
play it by ear: 即興解決
ex: Our manager told us that to play it by ear if we can’t find a solution in the manual.
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#10 To call it a day: 收工
Employee: Oh, I’m so tired. Let’s call it a day
Manager: ah…. It’s 12:30. Even the Italians work more than you.
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#11 To think outside the box: 框架外思考
ex: We must think outside the box so that we can discover new ideas and strategies for our business.
ex: The boss keeps telling me to think outside the box. I don’t understand what he wants.
Umm… Don’t listen to him. He’s just stupid.
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