boil down domineering of that caliber play favorites smother umbilical cord chopper incommunicado rove like roadrunners
────────────────────────────── boil down, …を要約する ────────────────────────────── If you boil down an amount of information, you keep only the most important parts and details.
ex) ...sorting through data and boiling it down.
注) Condense means almost the same as boil down, and pad out means the opposite.
────────────────────────────── domineering, [形] 支配的な、横暴な、ごう慢な ────────────────────────────── If you say that someone is domineering, you disapprove of them because you feel that they try to control other people without any consideration for their feelings or opinions.
ex) Mick was stubborn and domineering with a very bad temper... stubborn 頑固な
────────────────────────────── of that caliber, あれほどの度量（重要度、能力、力量）の ────────────────────────────── フレーズ辞典より。
caliber 〔名〕能力, 力量, 質, 水準
Consultants of the caliber we need can usually read and write English in their own fields of expertise.
Nobody likes that teacher. She is always playing favorites. あの先生を好きな人はいない。彼女はいつもえこひいきするから
────────────────────────────── smother, 息苦しくする、圧倒する ────────────────────────────── If you smother someone, you show your love for them too much and protect them too much. 溺愛する
ex) She loved her own children, almost smothering them with love.
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Helicopter Parents (3) 12/29-30 2006"
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