Dean Fung English

1. juicy contract

hard-earned money

screen out

1) verb to be + routed + to

E.g The order will be routed to HK Exchange as usual

• 2) redirect
• E.g. That means once the order is redirected to the exchange

tournaround option (n)

e.g There is no turnaround option.

primarily aim

E.g. Stockmax primarily aims to offer buyers the best price for stock traded in the local main board

• let things slide
• E.g. Simon had really let things slide and the house was a mess

the largest of this kind

the going price

provisional agreement

Regardless of

E.g. Victor will go to Julian's wedding regardless of the weather

in the cards (likely or certain to happen)

E.g. 24-hour deadline for flat sales in the cards

cost efficiency ratio

outpace (v)

E.g. China's growth always outpace Hong Kong's

tap into (vt)

E.g. HSBC has previously said to plan to hire at least 20,000 more people in mainland over the next fire years, aiming to tap into the fast-growing Asia-Pacific market

tap into 亦意 - 利用

E.g. Dean Fung tapped into the lecturers' enthusiasm to improve the school

• cool-head (n)
• cool-headed (a)

E.g. We need a quick thinking, cool-headed person for the job

Opt for (vt)

E.g. We finally opted for the wood finish.

Opt in (vt) = to decide to join a group or system

E.g. Employees have the choice to opt in to the scheme.

Opt out 

E.g. You can't just opt out of all responsibility for the child!

• accomplished (a)
• accomplish (vt)

• E.g.We have accomplished all we set out to do.
• E.g. Mission accomplished (=we have done what we intended to do)

setback (n)

competitive advantage (n)

talented, gifted, able, brilliant, artistic, endowed, capable

disturb /wreck the status quo

E.g. Open a gate to (for)

huge discontent

devaluation (n)

top/tip top conditions

slick (a)

E.g. Slick traders are ready to do it again

a beaten track

E.g. A well beaten track to the forest

to go back from one's word

black down

E.g. The speaker's forceful words persuaded his opponent to back down

reveal, disclose, unveil (V)

• E.g. Reagon unveiled a series of budget cuts totaling 4billion.  
• E.g. The Queen unveiled a status of Prince Albert

timeless, round the clock, continual, ongoing (a), perpetual (a) - 意指不好的, persistent, round-the-clock, uninterrupted, unfailing

E.g. his wife lived in a perpetual fear of his fiery temper

(a) incorrect, off the mark, wide off the mark

E.g. Our cost estimate was way off the mark.  Julian's answers on the test were just wide of the mark

(a) correct, on the mark

a slim excuse

a pie in the sky

E.g. the idea of full employment is just a pie in the sky

a dog in the manger

have/get cold foot (informal)

E.g. You are getting cold feet about marrying him?

leave sb cold

E.g. Opera just leave me cold - I can't understand why people like it

grossly insufficient

gross negligence/injustice/misconduct

public purse

E.g. HK people should provide for their own retirement not expect to be funded by the public purse

a draw (n)