────────────────────────────── stretch for, …にわたって続く ────────────────────────────── If an event or activity stretches or is stretched into a further period of time, it continues into that period, which is later than expected.
ex) as anti-abortion protests stretched into their second week.
────────────────────────────── nest egg, 蓄え ────────────────────────────── A nest egg is a sum of money that you are saving for a particular purpose. [INFORMAL]
ex) They have a little nest egg tucked away somewhere for a rainy day.
────────────────────────────── cost a bundle, 大金がかかる = cost a packet ────────────────────────────── If you say that something costs a bundle, or costs someone a bundle, you are emphasizing that it is expensive. [INFORMAL]
ex) You can have it, but it'll cost you a bundle.
────────────────────────────── gung-ho, 熱心な、がむしゃらな ────────────────────────────── If you say that someone is gung ho, you mean that they are very enthusiastic or eager to do something, for example to fight in a battle. [INFORMAL]
ex) Senate Republicans are less gung-ho about tax cuts.
────────────────────────────── 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 ────────────────────────────── play it safe, 安全策をとる boil down to, …ということになる、結局は…となる
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 New Lives for Retirees (4) 11/26-27 2007"
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