That's all well and good, but when money for charity's changing hands, you've got to be sure it won't line the pockets of shysters.
Such experts can vet charities and separate the wheat from the chaff.
Typical clients can afford to part with at least $100,000 a year.
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────────────────────────────── change hands, 受け渡す、やり取りする ────────────────────────────── If something changes hands, one person or organization gets it from another, usually by buying it.
ex) As an example, a bottle of this wine cost around 2 pounds in 1962. Today, the same bottle would change hands for anything up to four hundred pounds.
────────────────────────────── line one's pocket, 私腹を肥やさせる ────────────────────────────── If you say that someone is lining their own or someone else's pockets, you disapprove of them because they are making money dishonestly or unfairly.
line one's own pocketで、 「私腹を肥やす」
ex) It is estimated that 5,000 bank staff could be lining their own pockets from customer accounts.
────────────────────────────── vet, 吟味する = assess ────────────────────────────── If something is vetted, it is checked carefully to make sure that it is acceptable to people in authority. [mainly BRIT]
ex) All objects are vetted by a distinguished panel of experts.
────────────────────────────── separate the wheat from the chaff, 役に立つものと立たないもの をえり分ける ────────────────────────────── If you separate the wheat from the chaff or separate the grain from the chaff, you decide which things or people in a group are good or necessary, and which are not. You can use 'sort' or 'sort out' instead of 'separate'.
ex) The reality is often blurred by an overdose of propaganda. It is becoming more and more difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff.
separate the sheep from the goats 役に立つ人と立たない人をえり分ける も同じ意味。ただしこちらは「人」のみに用いる。
────────────────────────────── part with, …を手放す ────────────────────────────── If you part with something that is valuable or that you would prefer to keep, you give it or sell it to someone else.
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Giving While Living (3) 3/7-8 2008"
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