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────────────────────────────── go by the book, 規定[慣例]どおりにやる ────────────────────────────── If you do something by the book, you do it correctly, and strictly according to the rules. You can also say that you go by the book or play things by the book.
ex) Modern man is often dull, studious, careful, safe. He does everything by the book.
────────────────────────────── on that account, そのような訳で ────────────────────────────── You can use on that account or on this account when you want to say that something happens for the reason you have just mentioned.
ex) Wine is radioactive but few people stop drinking it on that account.
────────────────────────────── invade an alien land, 他国に侵攻する ────────────────────────────── Alien means belonging to a different country, race, or group, usually one you do not like or are frightened of. [FORMAL]
ex) He said they were opposed to what he described as the presence of alien forces in the region.
────────────────────────────── ingrate, 恩知らず（な人） ────────────────────────────── [ODE] noun: an ungrateful person adjective: ungrateful
────────────────────────────── take a stand, 態度を取る ────────────────────────────── If you take or make a stand, you do something or say something in order to make it clear what your attitude to a particular thing is.
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Etiquette of Resigning (3) 7/6-7 2007"
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