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相談室ですね。適切な回答ばかりでした。
wicker
意味 [U]枝編み細工; [形容詞的に]籐 [枝編み] 細工の〈かご· いす· 家具など〉.
In my department’s break room, I noticed a small, empty wicker basket.
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outstanding
意味 （more ～; most ～） 傑出した, 特に優れた; [通例[名]の前で]目立った, 注目すべき, 明白な
This employee is a high-performing, outstanding individual.
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assumptions
意味 仮定
Their health is not your business and you should not make assumptions about what their health is or is not.
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obsess
意味 (くだけて) （必要以上に） ＜…のことを＞ 思う, 気にする ＜over, about＞
Keep filling the basket with chocolates or don’t but stop obsessing about someone else’s public body and private life.
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fudge
意味 …をごまかす; でっち上げる; うまく逃げる [避ける]; はぐらかす
I think she’s very, very slow and fudges her hours.
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Your colleague’s business is none of your business.This isn’t injustice.
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この気持ち、大事ですよね…私もよく「自分の方が仕事できるのに待遇同じかぁ」とイラッとするんですが、余程じゃなければ実はそんなに実力差なんてないんですよねw
自分の仕事完璧にこなして、同僚からの質問相談に応え続けたほうが評価上がります。30代で気づいてればもっと収入安定してただろうなぁw
maddening
意味 腹立たしい
Our co-workers often do maddening things.
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attempt
意味 試みる
They seem to get away with behaviors we would never get away with or even attempt.
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patently
意味 (かたく) 明らかに
You don’t think your colleague is “patently dishonest or even a bad person,” right?
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tremendously
意味 ものすごく, すさまじく, すばらしく; とても, 非常に
I took a part-time job when the kids were in middle school and am now employed full-time with benefits, which has helped us tremendously since my husband lost his job.
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contributions
意味 貢献
We are both in our 60s and I want to get some respect for the steady contributions I have given to the household.
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neatly
意味 きちんと
Homemaking is a job that isn’t neatly contained within traditional working hours.
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deserve
意味 〈人· 行いなどが〉（…に） 値する, ふさわしい
You deserve better than to spend your golden years with someone who doesn’t respect your contributions to the nurturing of your home, your family, and now, your career that provides financial support to your shared household.
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jest
意味 ＜…について＞ 冗談を言う, ふざける ＜about＞
I jest but also, I don’t.
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あーこういう言い方してみたい！かっこいい！
