Sunday, April 20, 2014

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love;it is the prerogative of t he brave.

Mahatma Gandhi

If there is such a thing as a good marriage,it is because it resemb les friendship rather than love.

Michael Eyquem Montaigne

mutually exclusive

相互排他的な、相いれない

life-threatening ailment

致命的な病気

The old and the aged are sad terms,but at least they have dignity.

A Dictionary of Contemporary American Usage

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose si ght of the shore.

Andre Gide

wake-up call

警鐘、警告

hypocrisy

偽善

Once a grump,always a grump.

不平家はいつまでたっても不平家。

easy-going

おおらか

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

Thomas Carlyle

逆境とは、神が人間という宝石を磨くのに用いるダイヤモンドの粉である。

The last of life,for which the first was made.

Robert Browning

Age is an equal-opportunity attacker.

老化は平等にやって来ます。

Saturday, April 19, 2014

best practice

最良の慣行
他の手法を使用した場合より常に優れた結果を生むやり方、手法
ベンチマークとされる

best management practice (BMP)

blow one's own horn

自画自賛する
大風呂敷を広げる
自己宣伝をする
自慢話をする


ほらをふく

word-of-mouth effect

口コミ効果

Thursday, April 17, 2014

Change before you have to

Jack Welch

変革せよ。変革を迫られる前に。

Friday, April 11, 2014

You can't help getting older,but you don't have to get old.

George Burns

Saturday, April 05, 2014

muddling through

計画も秘策もなく、どうやらこうやらその場を切り抜ける。

小さいおうち

Thursday, April 03, 2014

I knew there was a writing on the wall but...I did it again!

もっとたくさん「さぼにゃん」
「スペイン語」を見る!