2019.11.01
“Roll The Dice”の意味と使い方 Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 318
Roll the dice ってどういう意味？
Roll the diceは、サイコロを転がすことから転じた比喩表現であり、「一か八かの勝負をする」「運に任せる」と行った意味で使用されます。
Roll the dice ってどういう場面で使うの？
たとえば、職場での会話で：
Justin: Do you think the boss would approve my vacation request?
You: I’m not sure. You will have to role the dice on it.
Justin: 上司は私の有給申請を承諾してくれるでしょうか？
You: わかりません。一か八か聞いてみるしかありません。
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Hello everyone Justin here and welcome
back to another Bizmates for Beginners
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video lesson, where every week we
introduce new idiom, phrase, or expression
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that you can use in your daily business
conversation. This week everyone we are
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going to learn: Roll The Dice. Okay, so to
find out what this means, stay tuned but
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first let's do a quick review of last
week's class. Alright everyone, so you
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imagine I asked you: Did you meet the new
sales director? And yes you did, he is
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very intelligent, very quick, able to
adapt to many situations. So how do you
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say that using the expression from last
week? You've got five seconds.
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Are you ready? Okay go!
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Alright and time is up!
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If you said: Yes he is very sharp. Then that's
exactly right. Well done and thank you for
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remembering last week's class. Okay
everyone let's move on to: Roll The Dice.
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Now this is what I sometimes hear. Okay,
it is a very busy season at the office.
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But something came up in my private life
and I want to take some time off. Okay
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but it's very busy so I asked my
colleague Taro:
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You know, do you think the boss will
approve or say ok to my vacation request?
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Cuz it's very busy right now, I don't
know will he say yes, or will he say no.
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Taro says: Yeah I'm not sure. You will
have to take a chance on it. Yeah, it's
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kind of 50/50. Alright, so yes this is
fine, take a chance.
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It's not certain, it's not 100%, so it's a
gamble right. So that's right, a better
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way of saying this is: I'm not sure. You
will have to roll the dice on it. Ok, so
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as you can imagine this comes from kind
of a gambling situation. Alright? You
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have a dice, okay so it has six sides
right so you roll the dice and you don't
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know what the
outcome will be. Is it going to be 1 or 2
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or 6 or 4? Is it going to be yes or no?
Okay? You're not sure. It's a gamble. So
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you have to roll the dice on it. Alright.
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Okay, so pronunciation. So please repeat
after me: Roll the dice. Okay.
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These kind of roll, actually very nicely
together so it almost sounds like one
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word. Roll the dice, roll the dice. Alright so
please repeat after me: Yeah I'm
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not sure you'll have to roll the dice on
it. Your turn!
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Alright okay, good now after my question: So, do you
think the boss will approve my vacation request?
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Okay, yeah I didn't know you'll have to
roll the dice on it. Okay? So whenever
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you're not sure of the outcome, you don't
know what's going to happen, you're going
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to roll the dice. Okay?
Well hopefully all of you are lucky in
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those cases.
Alright, so please remember that for
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next time. Okay, our bonus question is
another way to say: The sales figures are
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very high. Okay, so we covered this in one
of our previous videos so if you're
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curious about the answer please see. If
you can find it okay. Alright everyone so
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that is it for us this week. Thank you
always for watching everyone. Have a
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great weekend. We'll see you next time. Bye bye!
Hello everyone Justin here and welcome
back to another Bizmates for Beginners
0:00:04.560,0:00:09.480
video lesson, where every week we
introduce new idiom, phrase, or expression
0:00:09.480,0:00:14.639
that you can use in your daily business
conversation. This week everyone we are
0:00:14.639,0:00:21.270
going to learn: Roll The Dice. Okay, so to
find out what this means, stay tuned but
0:00:21.270,0:00:26.640
first let's do a quick review of last
week's class. Alright everyone, so you
0:00:26.640,0:00:33.390
imagine I asked you: Did you meet the new
sales director? And yes you did, he is
0:00:33.390,0:00:40.320
very intelligent, very quick, able to
adapt to many situations. So how do you
0:00:40.320,0:00:44.120
say that using the expression from last
week? You've got five seconds.
0:00:44.120,0:00:46.700
Are you ready? Okay go!
0:00:49.760,0:00:53.160
Alright and time is up!
0:00:53.160,0:00:58.320
If you said: Yes he is very sharp. Then that's
exactly right. Well done and thank you for
0:00:58.320,0:01:04.019
remembering last week's class. Okay
everyone let's move on to: Roll The Dice.
0:01:04.019,0:01:11.880
Now this is what I sometimes hear. Okay,
it is a very busy season at the office.
0:01:11.880,0:01:19.049
But something came up in my private life
and I want to take some time off. Okay
0:01:19.049,0:01:22.909
but it's very busy so I asked my
colleague Taro:
0:01:22.909,0:01:29.630
You know, do you think the boss will
approve or say ok to my vacation request?
0:01:29.630,0:01:35.909
Cuz it's very busy right now, I don't
know will he say yes, or will he say no.
0:01:35.909,0:01:42.000
Taro says: Yeah I'm not sure. You will
have to take a chance on it. Yeah, it's
0:01:42.000,0:01:46.500
kind of 50/50. Alright, so yes this is
fine, take a chance.
0:01:46.500,0:01:53.369
It's not certain, it's not 100%, so it's a
gamble right. So that's right, a better
0:01:53.369,0:01:59.850
way of saying this is: I'm not sure. You
will have to roll the dice on it. Ok, so
0:01:59.850,0:02:05.729
as you can imagine this comes from kind
of a gambling situation. Alright? You
0:02:05.729,0:02:11.520
have a dice, okay so it has six sides
right so you roll the dice and you don't
0:02:11.520,0:02:16.320
know what the
outcome will be. Is it going to be 1 or 2
0:02:16.320,0:02:23.970
or 6 or 4? Is it going to be yes or no?
Okay? You're not sure. It's a gamble. So
0:02:23.970,0:02:26.450
you have to roll the dice on it. Alright.
0:02:26.450,0:02:32.940
Okay, so pronunciation. So please repeat
after me: Roll the dice. Okay.
0:02:32.940,0:02:37.560
These kind of roll, actually very nicely
together so it almost sounds like one
0:02:37.560,0:02:42.480
word. Roll the dice, roll the dice. Alright so
please repeat after me: Yeah I'm
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not sure you'll have to roll the dice on
it. Your turn!
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Alright okay, good now after my question: So, do you
think the boss will approve my vacation request?
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Okay, yeah I didn't know you'll have to
roll the dice on it. Okay? So whenever
0:03:03.420,0:03:08.250
you're not sure of the outcome, you don't
know what's going to happen, you're going
0:03:08.250,0:03:12.150
to roll the dice. Okay?
Well hopefully all of you are lucky in
0:03:12.150,0:03:15.180
those cases.
Alright, so please remember that for
0:03:15.180,0:03:20.640
next time. Okay, our bonus question is
another way to say: The sales figures are
0:03:20.640,0:03:26.910
very high. Okay, so we covered this in one
of our previous videos so if you're
0:03:26.910,0:03:32.550
curious about the answer please see. If
you can find it okay. Alright everyone so
0:03:32.550,0:03:36.960
that is it for us this week. Thank you
always for watching everyone. Have a
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great weekend. We'll see you next time. Bye bye!
