Toronto Life

It's about my another life in Toronto and studying English by using NETFLIX

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丁寧にお願いをする表現など読み取ることができるので勉強になります。

 

1."A big thanks in advance for your diligence and cooperation"

diligence & cooperation

careful and persistent work or effort.
synonyms: conscientiousness, assiduousness, assiduityhard workapplicationconcentrationeffortcare, industriousness
the process of working together to the same end.
"they worked in close cooperation with the AAA"
synonyms: collaboration, joint action, combined effort, teamworkpartnershipcoordinationliaisonassociationsynergy, synergism, give and take, compromise
"cooperation between management and workers"
  • assistance, especially by ready compliance with requests.
    "we would like to ask for your cooperation in the survey"
    synonyms: assistance, helpfulness, helphelping handaid
    "thank you for your cooperation" 

2."If you are having challenges reaching your four-shift minimum, please contact us" 

having challenges ~ing

dispute the truth or validity of.
"employees challenged the company's requirement"
synonyms: question, disagree with, dispute, take issue with, protest against, call into question, object to
"we challenged their statistics"

 つまり、Challengeは挑戦するって意味だけじゃないのね。

 

3. "you are a first-time Volunteer or seasoned TIFF veteran"

veteran

a person who has had long experience in a particular field.
synonyms: old handpast masterdoyenvetMore
 
  

  

4."you may have well-worn copies of the Official Film Schedule" 

 well-worn

  1. showing the signs of extensive use or wear.
    "a well-worn leather armchair"
    • (of a phrase, idea, or joke) used or repeated so often that it no longer has interest or significance.

     

 5."highlighted and dog-eared to mark your Festival dreams"

dog-eared

 fold down the corner of (a book or magazine), typically to mark a place.

 

6. "The days ahead will be a flurry of films"

 flurry

a number of things arriving or happening during the same period.
"a flurry of editorials hostile to the administration"
synonyms: spatewaveflooddelugetorrent,

 

 

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