2015.11.16
Tip 172 ”in the bag” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第172弾は、”in the bag” です。
ビジネス上での大きな契約。
正式な締結には至っていないものの、取れたも同然、とういう状態の時ってありますよね。
今回はそんな場面で使える表現をご紹介します。
ヒカは、同僚のタロウに聞きました。
“Hey, so did you get the contract?”「例の大きい契約、どうなった？」
「99%は取れたかな。」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？
”99% we can get.”
これでももちろん意味は伝わりますが、こんな時、もっと適した表現があるんです。
“It’s pretty much in the bag.”「取れたも同然だよ」
と言ってみましょう。とても自然な表現です。
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Hello! Welcome to this Bizmates words and phrases video series and today's idiom is
in the bag
What does this mean? "In the bag." We will find out but first let's do our test.
OK so you asked me to deliver a speech and I say
No, no, no! I haven't prepared anything. I'm not ready. And you say... That's right.
Don't worry. Just wing it.
Perfect. Very natural.
OK, but today's idiom is "in the bag."
OK, what does this mean?
Here's what I sometimes hear --
OK so I asked Taro. I say:
Taro, so did we get the big contract?
From that big customer, that million dollar contract? Did we get it?
And Taro says:
99% we can get.
99% we can get? OK so we almost got it.
It's the same as "we got it"
like we got it. I can understand but
that's not very natural to say "99% we
can get it."
or 99% it's ours. OK, a more natural way to say that is
in the bag like this --
So I say: Hey, so did you get the contract? Did we get the big contract?
That million dollar contract?
And Taro says:
It's pretty much in the bag.
Very natural! It's pretty much decided...
it's pretty much decided that we have
gotten the contract.
It's in the bag. It's pretty much in the bag.
Very natural. OK I hope you have a chance
to use that -- "in the bag"
Pretty much in the bag.
OK pronunciation.
It's pretty much in the bag.
Just like that.
It's pretty much in the bag. You try...
OK with my question:
So do we get the big contract?
Did we get it?
Great.
OK, for homework next time I will ask you
So, did we get the big contract?
And you just say...
It's pretty much in the bag.
Please remember this and we will see you next time. Thank you.
in the bag
What does this mean? "In the bag." We will find out but first let's do our test.
OK so you asked me to deliver a speech and I say
No, no, no! I haven't prepared anything. I'm not ready. And you say... That's right.
Don't worry. Just wing it.
Perfect. Very natural.
OK, but today's idiom is "in the bag."
OK, what does this mean?
Here's what I sometimes hear --
OK so I asked Taro. I say:
Taro, so did we get the big contract?
From that big customer, that million dollar contract? Did we get it?
And Taro says:
99% we can get.
99% we can get? OK so we almost got it.
It's the same as "we got it"
like we got it. I can understand but
that's not very natural to say "99% we
can get it."
or 99% it's ours. OK, a more natural way to say that is
in the bag like this --
So I say: Hey, so did you get the contract? Did we get the big contract?
That million dollar contract?
And Taro says:
It's pretty much in the bag.
Very natural! It's pretty much decided...
it's pretty much decided that we have
gotten the contract.
It's in the bag. It's pretty much in the bag.
Very natural. OK I hope you have a chance
to use that -- "in the bag"
Pretty much in the bag.
OK pronunciation.
It's pretty much in the bag.
Just like that.
It's pretty much in the bag. You try...
OK with my question:
So do we get the big contract?
Did we get it?
Great.
OK, for homework next time I will ask you
So, did we get the big contract?
And you just say...
It's pretty much in the bag.
Please remember this and we will see you next time. Thank you.
