2018.10.19
“Back to square one”の意味と使い方 Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 267
Back to square one ってどういう意味？
Back to square one は、「振り出しに戻る」と全く同じ意味で、何かにまた最初から取り組まないといけなくない状況を表すのに使われます。
Back to square one ってどういう場面で使うの？
たとえば、社内での企画提案に奮闘する同僚との会話の中で：
Justin: Did the team like the idea?
You: No. Back to square one.
Justin: チームのみなさんに企画は通りましたか？
You: いえ、また振り出しに戻りました。
Back to square one の自然な使い方を動画で学ぶ
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Hello everyone. Welcome back to another
Bizmates for Beginners video lesson
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where every week, we introduce a new idiom, phrase or expression that you can use in
0:00:11.250,0:00:16.760
your daily business conversation. And
this week, everyone, we are going to learn
0:00:16.760,0:00:23.789
"back to square one." Okay. So if you're
interested in finding out what this
0:00:23.789,0:00:27.869
means and how to use it, please stay
tuned. But first, everyone, let's do a
0:00:27.869,0:00:34.110
quick review of last week's class.
All right. So imagine I say to you "see
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you tomorrow, Taro." or I'll see you tomorrow John," or "see you tomorrow ken." All right?
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And you want to wish me a good evening.
You want to say goodbye. So how do you
0:00:44.670,0:00:49.170
say that using the expression from last
wee? I'll give you five seconds to think
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about it. Are you ready?
Okay, go. All right and time is up. If you
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said "Okay, have a good one," then that's
exactly right.
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Very natural. Well done and thank you for
remembering last week's class. All right
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everyone, let's move on to "back to square
one." Now this is what I sometimes hear:
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All right, so again, I'm talking to Taro, my
good friend and colleague. And I say to
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Taro "Hey did the team like the idea? I
know you were working really hard on
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putting together this really interesting
concept." So what did they think? Taro says
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"No. I must start from zero." Okay, sorry to
hear that Taro, I know you put a lot of
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hard work into that concept. Okay. So I
must start from zero. I must start from
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the beginning. All right. Now although
this is fine,
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you might hear a native English speaker
say something like this. "No. Back to
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square one." All right. It means I got a
start all the way from the very
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beginning, from the conceptualization
stage. Okay. The very first step. I have to
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go back to square one. All right.
Okay so pronunciation is very easy. It's
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as you see it here. Back to square one.
All right. So please repeat after me
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everyone. Back to square one.
Your turn. Good. Back to square one.
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All right. Now after my question. So did the team like the idea? Okay. No. Yeah it's
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back to square one. All right. Back to the
very beginning. All right. Okay, everyone
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so please remember this for our review
next week.
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Okay our bonus question this week,
everyone, is another way to say "we need
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to improve our strategy." Is there a
different way we can say this using an
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expression from one of our previous
Bizmates for Beginners video lessons?
0:02:59.549,0:03:03.420
Well, yes there is. You can find it out.
Okay, if you know what the answer is, you
0:03:03.420,0:03:07.709
can leave it in the comments below. If
you don't know what it is, well, don't
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worry, you can find it in one of our
previous video. So take a look if you
0:03:11.400,0:03:15.780
have the time. Okay. All right, everyone. So that is it from me this week. Thank you
0:03:15.780,0:03:19.769
always for watching. Have a great weekend, everyone, and I'll see you next time.
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thank you
Hello everyone. Welcome back to another
Bizmates for Beginners video lesson
0:00:06.089,0:00:11.250
where every week, we introduce a new idiom, phrase or expression that you can use in
0:00:11.250,0:00:16.760
your daily business conversation. And
this week, everyone, we are going to learn
0:00:16.760,0:00:23.789
"back to square one." Okay. So if you're
interested in finding out what this
0:00:23.789,0:00:27.869
means and how to use it, please stay
tuned. But first, everyone, let's do a
0:00:27.869,0:00:34.110
quick review of last week's class.
All right. So imagine I say to you "see
0:00:34.110,0:00:39.030
you tomorrow, Taro." or I'll see you tomorrow John," or "see you tomorrow ken." All right?
0:00:39.030,0:00:44.670
And you want to wish me a good evening.
You want to say goodbye. So how do you
0:00:44.670,0:00:49.170
say that using the expression from last
wee? I'll give you five seconds to think
0:00:49.170,0:00:58.410
about it. Are you ready?
Okay, go. All right and time is up. If you
0:00:58.410,0:01:02.129
said "Okay, have a good one," then that's
exactly right.
0:01:02.129,0:01:07.380
Very natural. Well done and thank you for
remembering last week's class. All right
0:01:07.380,0:01:13.890
everyone, let's move on to "back to square
one." Now this is what I sometimes hear:
0:01:13.890,0:01:19.170
All right, so again, I'm talking to Taro, my
good friend and colleague. And I say to
0:01:19.170,0:01:25.680
Taro "Hey did the team like the idea? I
know you were working really hard on
0:01:25.680,0:01:32.540
putting together this really interesting
concept." So what did they think? Taro says
0:01:32.540,0:01:40.920
"No. I must start from zero." Okay, sorry to
hear that Taro, I know you put a lot of
0:01:40.920,0:01:47.640
hard work into that concept. Okay. So I
must start from zero. I must start from
0:01:47.640,0:01:51.509
the beginning. All right. Now although
this is fine,
0:01:51.509,0:01:57.689
you might hear a native English speaker
say something like this. "No. Back to
0:01:57.689,0:02:02.009
square one." All right. It means I got a
start all the way from the very
0:02:02.009,0:02:09.599
beginning, from the conceptualization
stage. Okay. The very first step. I have to
0:02:09.599,0:02:15.510
go back to square one. All right.
Okay so pronunciation is very easy. It's
0:02:15.510,0:02:19.980
as you see it here. Back to square one.
All right. So please repeat after me
0:02:19.980,0:02:27.000
everyone. Back to square one.
Your turn. Good. Back to square one.
0:02:27.000,0:02:34.980
All right. Now after my question. So did the team like the idea? Okay. No. Yeah it's
0:02:34.980,0:02:40.380
back to square one. All right. Back to the
very beginning. All right. Okay, everyone
0:02:40.380,0:02:43.940
so please remember this for our review
next week.
0:02:43.940,0:02:48.930
Okay our bonus question this week,
everyone, is another way to say "we need
0:02:48.930,0:02:55.080
to improve our strategy." Is there a
different way we can say this using an
0:02:55.080,0:02:59.549
expression from one of our previous
Bizmates for Beginners video lessons?
0:02:59.549,0:03:03.420
Well, yes there is. You can find it out.
Okay, if you know what the answer is, you
0:03:03.420,0:03:07.709
can leave it in the comments below. If
you don't know what it is, well, don't
0:03:07.709,0:03:11.400
worry, you can find it in one of our
previous video. So take a look if you
0:03:11.400,0:03:15.780
have the time. Okay. All right, everyone. So that is it from me this week. Thank you
0:03:15.780,0:03:19.769
always for watching. Have a great weekend, everyone, and I'll see you next time.
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thank you
