pitch in, bind crank out be in synch with fly in the ointment
────────────────────────────── pitch in, 参加する、協力する ────────────────────────────── If you pitch in, you help other people to do a task, using a lot of energy or enthusiasm.
NOTE: Muck in means almost the same as pitch in.
ex) They will be expected to pitch in and make their own beds.
────────────────────────────── bind, 苦境、困ったもの ────────────────────────────── If you are in a bind, you are in a difficult situation, usually because you have to make a decision or a choice and whatever decision or choice you make will have unpleasant consequences. [INFORMAL]
ex) This puts the politicians in a bind as to what course to take.
If you say that a company or person cranks out a quantity of similar things, you mean they produce them quickly, in the same way, and are usually implying that the things are not original or are of poor quality.
ex)In 1933 the studio cranked out fifty-five feature films.
────────────────────────────── be in synch with, …と合致[同調]している ────────────────────────────── New Office Ambience (3)より。
syncともいう。
If two things are out of sync, they do not match or do not happen together as they should. If two things are in sync, they match or happen together as they should. [INFORMAL]
ex) They swayed back and forth, more or less in sync with the music. sway 体を揺すぶる
────────────────────────────── fly in the ointment, 玉にキズ、興ざめ ────────────────────────────── New Office Ambience (2)より。
If you describe someone or something as a fly in the ointment, you think they spoil a situation and prevent it being as successful as you had hoped.
ex) Rachel seems to be the one fly in the ointment of Caroline's smooth life.
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 New Office Ambience (6) 4/13-14 2007"
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