Tip 152 ”in full swing”　無料ビジネス英語学習

無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第152弾は、”in full swing” です。

プロジェクトや計画していたことが本格的に開始することってありますよね。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 already started the global project?”「グローバルプロジェクトってスタートしたの？」と聞きました。
「うん、本格的に始まってるよ。」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？

“Yes, I have started it.”「はい、スタートしました。」
でも伝わりますが、より表現力の感じられる言い回しがあります。

そこで
“Yes, it’s in full swing.”「うん、本格的に始まってるよ。」
と言ってみましょう。

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Hello and welcome to this Bizmates
words and phrases video series

and today's idiom is

in full swing

In full swing. What does this mean? We
will find out

but first let's do our test. Okay.

So you are my boss and I say "Hey boss

I plan to increase sales by 20 percent

this month." You say... That's right.

What's your game plan? Very natural. Not strategy.

It's kind of... "Strategy" is like the company's strategy.

Not so much our personal strategy. Game
plan is more natural.

Okay, so let's look at today's idiom

in full swing. Now here's what
I sometimes hear.

Okay, so Taro has just joined

a new global project. Okay, a big global
project

and I say "So Taro, have you already
started

the global project? Yeah, it's started
already?"

and he says "Oh yes, yes I have started it."

Okay. It's okay, nothing's wrong with this
sentence

but it's really boring, right? Have you
already started?

Yes, I have started. Such a boring
answer.

So how can we make it a more exciting
answer

and he wants to say "Yes it's 100
percent started."

Not partially started. Full. Full started.

Okay we could say this. This idiom is

often used for projects, by the way. Okay,
like this

"Have you already started the global
project? and he says"

Yes, it's in full swing. Very natural.

So if you're working on a project, and it's
started

and it's moving...

and it's completely started

and moving. You could say "It's in full
swing."

Okay, let's look at pronunciation. "Yes,

it'sin full swing." -- it's in... it'sin

full swing. "Yes, it's in full swing."

You try... Good, okay with my question

"Have you already started the global
project? ...Perfect."

Okay, for homework next time I will ask
you

"Have you already started the global
project?"

And you say? An exciting answer

Yes it's in full swing.

And you can imagine it like swinging a
baseball bat

you know not just here... here...

but it's full swing. Like this.

It's completely started. Okay please remember this

and we will see you next time. Thank you.