I was brought up short when my concierge in Hong Kong chided me, quite nicely, on my choice of a brown necktie with a gray suit.
Higher airfares and hassles at airport security checkpoints provoke frequent business travelers to extend their travel agendas.
The lobby is a focal point of hotel redesign and renovation.
New layouts at high-end limited-service hotels in particular change them into meeting venues where you can sit down and connect with other guests or just sit back and relax.
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be brought up short chide hassle focal point connect with travel agenda
────────────────────────────── be brought up short, 突然止められる、驚く ────────────────────────────── If something pulls you up short or brings you up short, it makes you suddenly stop what you are doing.
If you chide someone, you speak to them angrily because they have done something wicked or foolish. [Old-fashioned]
ex) He gently chided the two women.
────────────────────────────── hassle, 煩わしいこと、面倒 ────────────────────────────── A hassle is a situation that is difficult and involves problems, effort, or arguments with people. [Informal]
ex) Weddings are so much hassle that you need a good break afterwards.
────────────────────────────── focal point, 焦点、中心 ────────────────────────────── The focal point of something is the thing that people concentrate on or pay most attention to.
ex) the focal point for the town's many visitors-the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
────────────────────────────── connect with, …とかかわり合う、…と気持ちが通じる ────────────────────────────── If you connect with someone, you feel a sense of agreement and familiarity with them because you have the same kind of ideas.
ex) If you stand on stage and share your view of the world, people will connect with you.
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 New Hotel Concepts (3) 9/7-8 2007"
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