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2014년 1월 16일 목요일

PE 1/15 First Business Trip Abroad

You’ll be racking up frequent flyer miles in no time. Where are you heading?
* rack up: to rapidly accrue something; collect credits
ex> You had better be careful where you part. You’ll start racking up traffic tickets in no time.

Why are you so pumped up about it?
* pumped up: excited and enthusiastic about something
ex> I have never seen someone so pumped up about going to school as Jacklyn.

It’s not the fact that It’s Canada, it’s the fact that I was tapped to give the presentation for the Simmons Oil project that we bid on.
* be tapped: to be selected
ex> When my father was younger, he was tapped to fight in the Vietnam war by the selective service.

They must think you fit the bill for this project since it’s a more high-tech project than your average pipeline.
* fit the bill: to match the qualifications for something; be the right person for the job
= be cut out for; be suitable for; be right for
ex> Although he was young and handsome, the male model didn't quite fit the bill as the spokesman for the new project.
cf> foot the bill: to pay for sth

Don’t put words in my mouth! I only meant that you look classier and smarter than the average male engineer.
* don’t put words in my mouth: to admonish someone for manipulating the meaning of something you said

ex> Don’t put words in my mouth. I never once told Bill that he was going to get the promotion over you.

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