If you describe someone as touchy, you mean that they are easily upset, offended, or irritated.
ex) She is very touchy about her past.
────────────────────────────── linchpin, かなめ ────────────────────────────── If you refer to a person or thing as the linchpin of something, you mean that they are the most important person or thing involved in it.
ex) He's the linchpin of our team and crucial to my long-term plans.
────────────────────────────── soft sell, ソフトセル（静かな説得による広告、販売方法） ────────────────────────────── A soft sell is a method of selling or advertising that involves persuading people in a gentle way rather than putting a lot of pressure on people to buy things.
ex) I think more customers probably prefer a soft sell.
────────────────────────────── bestow on, …に授ける ────────────────────────────── =confer
To bestow something on something means to give or present it to them. [FORMAL]
ex) The Queen has bestowed a knighthood on him.
────────────────────────────── cadre, 核となるグループ、幹部要員 ────────────────────────────── A cadre is a small group of people who have been specially chosen, trained, and organized for a particular purpose.
ex) an elite cadre of Euro-managers
───────────────────────────── その他にも、次も押さえておきたい。[誌面の都合上省略] ★は重要表現 ────────────────────────────── off the top of one's head, 思いつきで culinary delights, おいしい料理 prep up, 準備する ★chew the fat, 論じる、気楽におしゃべりする ★broach the topic, その話題を切り出す ★institute, 制定する ★chow down, 食べる
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