Even though English is fairly well understood among the intellectuals, it's not among the populace.
My Mandarin is a bit rusty, and Roy Kohn is a much better speaker, but a little language always goes a long way.
Chinese people seem to be learning English with a vengeance.
That may continue for some time to come, but red flags are waving.
■意味を考えてみよう。答えは以下で
populace rusty go a long way with a vengeance wave a red flag undeclared war butter for the bread for the time to come
────────────────────────────── populace, 庶民、民衆、大衆 ────────────────────────────── The populace of a country is its people. [FORMAL]
ex) a large proportion of the populace
────────────────────────────── rusty, さびついた、鈍くなった ────────────────────────────── If a skill that you have or your knowledge of something is rusty, it is not as good as it used to be, because you have not used to it for a long time.
ex) You may be a little rusty, but past experience and teaching skills won't have been lost.
────────────────────────────── go a long way, 役に立つ ────────────────────────────── If you say that something goes a long way towards doing a particular thing, you mean that it is an important factor in achieving that thing.
ex) Although by no means a cure, it goes a long way towards making the patient's life more tolerate.
────────────────────────────── with a vengeance, 猛烈な勢いで、徹底的に ────────────────────────────── If you say that something happens with a vengeance, you are emphasizing that it happens to a much greater extent than was expected.
ex) It began to rain again with a vengeance.
vengeanceは復讐、あだ討ち、かたき討ち
────────────────────────────── wave a red flag, 待ったをかける、警告する ────────────────────────────── If you refer to something as a red flag, you mean that it acts as a danger signal.
ex) The abnormal bleeding is your body's own red flag of danger.
────────────────────────────── 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 ────────────────────────────── undeclared war, 戦線布告なしの戦争 butter for the bread, 有利なもの for the time to come, 当面、ここしばらくは
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 English-Language Craze (1) 10/29-30 2007"
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