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────────────────────────────── shoot one's mouth off, 言いたい放題に言う、べらべらしゃべって 秘密を漏らしてしまう ────────────────────────────── If you say that someone is shooting their mouth off, you are criticizing them for talking loudly and boastfully about themselves or their opinions.
If you say that someone has been shooting their mouth off about something, you are criticizing them for talking publicly about something which is secret.
────────────────────────────── frivolous, 浅はかな、取るに足らない ────────────────────────────── = futile If you describe an activity as frivolous, you disapprove of it because it is not useful and wastes time or money.
ex) The group says it wants politicians to stop wasting public money on what it believes are frivolous projects.
────────────────────────────── spout, まくしたてる ────────────────────────────── If you say that a person spouts something, you disapprove of them because they say something which you do not agree with or which you think they do not honestly feel.
ex) My mother would go red in the face and spout bitter recriminations. recriminations 非難
────────────────────────────── corny, つまらない、古くさい ────────────────────────────── If you describe something as corny, you mean that it is obvious or sentimental and not at all original.
ex) I know it sounds corny, but I'm really not motivated by money.
────────────────────────────── disclaimer, 免責条項、注意書き、ただし書き ────────────────────────────── A disclaimer is a statement in which a person says that they did not know about something or that they are not responsible for something. [FORMAL]
ex) The company asserts in a disclaimer that it won't be held responsible for the accuracy of information.
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Guidelines for Blogging (3) 12/1-2 2006"
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