2015.07.20
Tip 155 ”tie up loose ends” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第155弾は、”tie up loose ends” です。
やりかけの仕事がもう少しで完成、もう少しで片付けられるという段階、ありますよね。今回はそんな場面で使える表現を紹介します。
例えば、ヒカは同僚のタロウに
“Have you finished the report?”「レポートって終わったの？」と聞きました。
「あとは仕上げだけだよ。」と返答したい場合、あなたがタロウなら英語で何と言いますか？
“Not yet. I have to do a bit more work to finish it.”「まだだよ。完成させるには、もう少し。」
でも伝わりますが、より簡単に伝えられる表現があります。
そこで
“Just need to tie up loose ends.”「あとは仕上げだけだよ。」
と言ってみましょう。
発音もビデオでチェック！
ぜひこの表現を使ってみて下さい。
Hello and welcome this Bizmates
words and phrases video series and
today's
idiom is tying up loose
ends. Tie up loose ends. So you can imagine like two pieces of string that are
loose.
and you tie them up. But what does this
really mean?
We will find out but first let's do you
our test.
Okay so I ask you. I say you know
how did you meet your wife? How did you meet?
Okay and you say well my boss introduced me to her and we started...
It's a long story. I don't need the whole
story. So you say...
That's right. My boss introduced me to
her
and the rest is history. You know the
rest of the story.
Very natural phrase, idiom.
I hope you remember that. Okay and let's go on to today's idiom.
Tie up loose ends. Okay
so here's what I sometimes hear. So
I ask Taro. I say Taro have you finished
the report?
You know I asked you to finish the report.
Did you finish it? And he says
Ah, not yet. I have to do
a bit more work to finish it.
I have to do the summary part and
and the conclusion part and then I will
finish.
Okay, you know he doesn't have to
explain
the details. I need to do a little bit
more work. It's a bit long.
What's a more natural way, a short way to say this?
Well we can say this. So if I ask him, have
you finished the report?
And he can say, just need to tie up
loose ends.
Very natural.
Just need to tie up loose ends.
So do you remember the two pieces of string? OK?
The summary is not quite finished so I
tie this up.
And the summary is finished. And the
conclusion in my report.
still loose strings. Just going to tie them
up and it's finished.
Okay so it just means I need to do a little
bit more work
and I'm unfinished. So
just need to tie up loose ends. Okay.
Let's look at pronunciation. It's just need to
just need to tie up loose ends. Just need
to tie up loose ends.
You try. Good.
Okay so with my question. Have you
finished the report?
Okay no problem. Very natural.
Okay so for homework, next time I will
ask you
have you finished the report? And say, not yet.
I have to do a bit more. Not I have to do a
bit more work, but
I just need to tie up loose ends.
Okay please remember this.
And we will see you next time. Thank you.
words and phrases video series and
today's
idiom is tying up loose
ends. Tie up loose ends. So you can imagine like two pieces of string that are
loose.
and you tie them up. But what does this
really mean?
We will find out but first let's do you
our test.
Okay so I ask you. I say you know
how did you meet your wife? How did you meet?
Okay and you say well my boss introduced me to her and we started...
It's a long story. I don't need the whole
story. So you say...
That's right. My boss introduced me to
her
and the rest is history. You know the
rest of the story.
Very natural phrase, idiom.
I hope you remember that. Okay and let's go on to today's idiom.
Tie up loose ends. Okay
so here's what I sometimes hear. So
I ask Taro. I say Taro have you finished
the report?
You know I asked you to finish the report.
Did you finish it? And he says
Ah, not yet. I have to do
a bit more work to finish it.
I have to do the summary part and
and the conclusion part and then I will
finish.
Okay, you know he doesn't have to
explain
the details. I need to do a little bit
more work. It's a bit long.
What's a more natural way, a short way to say this?
Well we can say this. So if I ask him, have
you finished the report?
And he can say, just need to tie up
loose ends.
Very natural.
Just need to tie up loose ends.
So do you remember the two pieces of string? OK?
The summary is not quite finished so I
tie this up.
And the summary is finished. And the
conclusion in my report.
still loose strings. Just going to tie them
up and it's finished.
Okay so it just means I need to do a little
bit more work
and I'm unfinished. So
just need to tie up loose ends. Okay.
Let's look at pronunciation. It's just need to
just need to tie up loose ends. Just need
to tie up loose ends.
You try. Good.
Okay so with my question. Have you
finished the report?
Okay no problem. Very natural.
Okay so for homework, next time I will
ask you
have you finished the report? And say, not yet.
I have to do a bit more. Not I have to do a
bit more work, but
I just need to tie up loose ends.
Okay please remember this.
And we will see you next time. Thank you.
