2020.03.06
“A handful”の意味と使い方 Bizmates 初級ビジネス英会話 Point 334
A handful ってどういう意味？
A handful は、対処が難しいことを指す、「手に負えない」という意味の英語表現です。
A handful ってどういう場面で使うの？
たとえば、職場での会話で：
Justin: How are the new recruits?
You: They are a handful!
Justin: 新卒社員はどうですか？
You: もう、手に負えません！
A handful の自然な使い方を動画で学ぶ
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Hello everyone. Justin here and welcome
back to another Bizmates for Beginners
0:00:04.890,0:00:08.970
video lesson, where every week, we
introduce a new idiom, phrase or
0:00:08.970,0:00:13.440
expression that you can use in your
daily business conversation. This week,
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everyone, we are going to learn "a handful." "A handful" Okay, so to find out what this
0:00:19.980,0:00:24.710
means, stay tuned. But first, let's do a
quick review of last week's lesson.
0:00:24.710,0:00:30.900
All right everyone, so imagine I say "you
know, I should try to be more healthy so
0:00:30.900,0:00:36.540
I should stop drinking so much." How do
you respond using the expression from
0:00:36.540,0:00:43.190
last week? You've got five seconds to
think about it. Are you ready? Okay, go.
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Okay,
and time is up. If you said "It's time to
0:00:51.360,0:00:57.780
turn over a new leaf, time for a fresh
start, then that's exactly right. Well
0:00:57.780,0:01:02.730
done, and thank you for remembering last
week's class. Okay everyone, let's move on
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to "a handful." Now this is what I
sometimes hear. All right so it's that
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time of year again. We are getting a
whole bunch of new recruits and of
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course my good friend and colleague Taro; he's going to train these new recruits.
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So I asked him. How are the new recruits?
How is it training a bunch of new people?
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Taro says "Well, they are difficult to
control. You know, maybe they're making
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lots of noise or they have so many
questions or they're running around
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everywhere so they're difficult to
control. Okay, although I don't think this
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happens too often, but sometimes they are difficult to control. This is fine.
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However Taro could say, to be more
natural, they are a handful. All right, so
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whenever something is difficult to
contain or to control or to handle,
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imagine a group of six year old kids,
okay, running around. They're a handful. Or
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if you have very, very demanding clients,
they're always asking something from
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you know, they're very difficult to
please. You can say "They are a handful."
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Okay, so whenever something or someone or
a group of people are difficult to
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control, they are a handful. Okay. All
right so pronunciation. Please repeat
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after me. "They're a handful." "They're a
handful." Okay your turn, please try. Good.
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All right now after my question. "So how
are the new recruits?"
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Say "Yeah they're a handful." Okay.
all right, so please remember this for
0:02:51.100,0:02:55.720
our review next week.
Okay our bonus question is another way
0:02:55.720,0:03:02.200
to say "It's developing now." So for
example, maybe the IT team is creating a
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new feature. So you can say "It's
developing now." or "it's in the..." Hopefully
0:03:09.970,0:03:14.290
you know the answer if not you can check
it out in one of our previous Bizmates
0:03:14.290,0:03:19.030
for Beginners video lessons. So take a
look if you have the time. Okay, everyone
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so that is it for this week. Thank you
always for watching. Have a great weekend.
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I'll look forward to seeing you next
time. Bye bye.
Hello everyone. Justin here and welcome
back to another Bizmates for Beginners
0:00:04.890,0:00:08.970
video lesson, where every week, we
introduce a new idiom, phrase or
0:00:08.970,0:00:13.440
expression that you can use in your
daily business conversation. This week,
0:00:13.440,0:00:19.980
everyone, we are going to learn "a handful." "A handful" Okay, so to find out what this
0:00:19.980,0:00:24.710
means, stay tuned. But first, let's do a
quick review of last week's lesson.
0:00:24.710,0:00:30.900
All right everyone, so imagine I say "you
know, I should try to be more healthy so
0:00:30.900,0:00:36.540
I should stop drinking so much." How do
you respond using the expression from
0:00:36.540,0:00:43.190
last week? You've got five seconds to
think about it. Are you ready? Okay, go.
0:00:46.010,0:00:51.360
Okay,
and time is up. If you said "It's time to
0:00:51.360,0:00:57.780
turn over a new leaf, time for a fresh
start, then that's exactly right. Well
0:00:57.780,0:01:02.730
done, and thank you for remembering last
week's class. Okay everyone, let's move on
0:01:02.730,0:01:08.729
to "a handful." Now this is what I
sometimes hear. All right so it's that
0:01:08.729,0:01:15.630
time of year again. We are getting a
whole bunch of new recruits and of
0:01:15.630,0:01:20.549
course my good friend and colleague Taro; he's going to train these new recruits.
0:01:20.549,0:01:26.780
So I asked him. How are the new recruits?
How is it training a bunch of new people?
0:01:26.780,0:01:33.450
Taro says "Well, they are difficult to
control. You know, maybe they're making
0:01:33.450,0:01:36.689
lots of noise or they have so many
questions or they're running around
0:01:36.689,0:01:41.340
everywhere so they're difficult to
control. Okay, although I don't think this
0:01:41.340,0:01:46.049
happens too often, but sometimes they are difficult to control. This is fine.
0:01:46.049,0:01:52.950
However Taro could say, to be more
natural, they are a handful. All right, so
0:01:52.950,0:01:58.850
whenever something is difficult to
contain or to control or to handle,
0:01:58.850,0:02:06.479
imagine a group of six year old kids,
okay, running around. They're a handful. Or
0:02:06.479,0:02:13.240
if you have very, very demanding clients,
they're always asking something from
0:02:13.240,0:02:18.940
you know, they're very difficult to
please. You can say "They are a handful."
0:02:18.940,0:02:25.330
Okay, so whenever something or someone or
a group of people are difficult to
0:02:25.330,0:02:31.420
control, they are a handful. Okay. All
right so pronunciation. Please repeat
0:02:31.420,0:02:40.090
after me. "They're a handful." "They're a
handful." Okay your turn, please try. Good.
0:02:40.090,0:02:45.420
All right now after my question. "So how
are the new recruits?"
0:02:45.660,0:02:51.100
Say "Yeah they're a handful." Okay.
all right, so please remember this for
0:02:51.100,0:02:55.720
our review next week.
Okay our bonus question is another way
0:02:55.720,0:03:02.200
to say "It's developing now." So for
example, maybe the IT team is creating a
0:03:02.200,0:03:09.970
new feature. So you can say "It's
developing now." or "it's in the..." Hopefully
0:03:09.970,0:03:14.290
you know the answer if not you can check
it out in one of our previous Bizmates
0:03:14.290,0:03:19.030
for Beginners video lessons. So take a
look if you have the time. Okay, everyone
0:03:19.030,0:03:23.410
so that is it for this week. Thank you
always for watching. Have a great weekend.
0:03:23.410,0:03:27.390
I'll look forward to seeing you next
time. Bye bye.
