The section chief laid down the law to his men for being late almost every morning. 課長は部下たちがほとんど毎朝遅刻してくることについて、厳しく正した
────────────────────────────── on the dot, 即座に、その時刻きっかりに ────────────────────────────── If you do something on the dot, you do it punctually or at exactly the time you are supposed to.
ex) At nine o'clock on the dot, they have breakfast.
NOTE: The minutes on a clock face are often marked by dots.
────────────────────────────── if need be, 必要であれば ────────────────────────────── = if necessary If you say that you will do something, especially an extreme action, if need be, you mean that you will do if it is necessary. In British English, you can also say if needs be.
ex) They will now seek permission to take their case to the House of Lords, and, if need be, to the European Court of Human Rights.
────────────────────────────── a mixed blessing, 良し悪し ────────────────────────────── If you say that a situation is a mixed blessing, you mean that it has disadvantages as well as advantages.
「基本的にはいいがマイナス面もある」ならbasically good but there is a drawbackである。
恋人が美人なのも痛しかゆしだ。男にもてるから始終心配していなけれ ばならない。 Having a beautiful girl friend is a mixed blessing. She's so popular with other men that I can't stop worrying.
────────────────────────────── win hands down, 楽勝する ────────────────────────────── If you win hands down, you win very easily.
E-DICより。
「手を（使わずに）下におろしたまま勝つ」とは、言い換えれば 「楽々と勝つ」ということ。
Masao won the speech contest hands down. マサオは弁論大会で楽勝した
───────────────────────────── 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 ────────────────────────────── foresight, 先見の明 hindsight, 後知恵 live up to, （期待や評判）に沿った生活[行動]をする devise, 考案する、工夫する
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Stress Control (4) 5/7-8 2007"
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