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────────────────────────────── for that matter, そのことなら、さらに詳しくいえば ────────────────────────────── You can use for that matter to emphasize that the remark you are making is true in the same way as your previous, similar remark.
ex) A great deal of hard work was done and, for that matter, is continuing.
If you accuse someone of self-interest, you disapprove of them because they always want to do what is best for themselves rather than for anyone else.
ex) Their current protests are motivated purely by self-interest.
────────────────────────────── conundrum, 難問、なぞなぞ ────────────────────────────── A conundrum is a problem or puzzle which is difficult or impossible to solve. [FORMAL]
ex) this theological conundrum of the existence of evil and suffering in a world created by a good God.
────────────────────────────── enlightened, 見識ある、進んだ ────────────────────────────── If you describe someone or their attitudes as enlightened, you mean that they have sensible, modern attitudes and ways of dealing with things.
ex) A number of enlightened landowners have recently set an example by making land available at less than normal market value.
If you describe someone as feisty, you mean that they are tough, independent, and spirited, often when you would not expect them to be, for example because they are old or ill.
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 To Dye or Not to Dye (3) 3/23-24 2007"
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