Tip 200 ”a tough call” 無料ビジネス英語学習

無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第200弾は、”a tough call” です。

仕事でもプライベートでも、難しい決断をしなければならないことってありますよね。
今回は、そんな時に使える表現をご紹介します。

ヒカとタロウの会社では、7月に新商品をローンチする予定です。
しかし、もっと早めにローンチすべきと考えているヒカは同僚のタロウに言いました。

“Shouldn’t we launch in June instead of July?”
「7月じゃなくて6月にローンチするべきじゃない?」

「難しい決断だな。」
と言いたい場合、あなたがタロウなら英語で何と言いますか?

“It’s a difficult decision.”

これも完璧なセンテンスですが、こんな別の言い方もあるんです。

そこで、
“It’s a tough call.”

と言ってみましょう!「これは難題だ」という意味の、とても自然な表現です。

発音もビデオでチェック!
ぜひこの表現を使ってみてください。

Hey, everyone. Welcome to this Bizmates words and phrases video series

and today's idiom is
a tough call.

OK this is not a phone call with a
difficult customer. It has a special

meaning -- a different meaning. OK, we will learn this
but first let's do our usual test.

So, I say to you:
You know, Masa is so quiet in our meetings.

He doesn't say anything.
And what do you say?

Yes, he's a man of few words.

That's right, he's like a shokunin. He
doesn't really speak, but when he speaks

it's usually something very important.
All right, I hope you got that.

OK, let's go on to today's idiom:
a tough call.

Here's what I sometimes hear --
OK, so imagine that our company is launching a

new product in July and I say to Taro:
Shouldn't we launch in June instead of July?

Isn't it better to launch one month earlier?

And Taro says:
Well, Hika... it's a difficult decision.

OK, maybe June is better,
maybe July is better.

It's a difficult decision. Perfect sentence.
It's a difficult decision.

But a natural way to say this is like this...

OK, if I say: Hey, shouldn't we launch
in June instead of July?

And Taro says:
It's a tough call. You know, I'm not sure.

It's a really difficult decision.
It's a tough call.

Very natural.
OK, so if it's a decision that's

really difficult to make; OK, it could be
this way, it could be that way...

You know, like in sports,

you're a baseball fan and the runner's
running to first base

and the umpire's watching and he says...
Out!

OK, sometimes it's a tough call, right?
Maybe he's safe, maybe he's out.

It's a tough call.

OK, so let's look at pronunciation

It'sa... It'sa tough call.
You try...

Perfect. OK, with my question:
Shouldn't we launch in June instead of July?

Right, I know. It's a tough call, but...
Perfect. OK so next time I will ask you:

Shouldn't we launch in June instead of July?
And you just say...

It's a tough call.

Please remember this and
we'll see you next time. Thank you.

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