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  • 工作学习 / English / Jabber's English Note---050 -jabber(jabber); 2001-9-21 {804} (#207254@0)
    So to speak
    per our agreement

    My CTO is a Canadian from Wennipig. He advocates speaking good languages. Since I joined him, I have found that my English communication skill has been greatly improved.

    Surprisingly, my CTO likes to use the following idiom: so to speak.
    Here is a good example: Each of our developers can fix 2-3 bugs each day, so to speak, and it is not a problem for us to go live by the end of September.

    My human resource manger is American. There are a lot of Email communications between him and me, because I review some resumes for him and do job interviews on behalf of our team. Interestingly enough, most of his emails begin this way: "Per our conversation on the phone, I forward ....", or "Per your request, ....", or "Per our agreement, ......".
    • I look ‘per’ up in the dictionary, it says: ”per: according to, by.” Your note gives us a vivid example; But, what exactly does your CTO mean by “so to speak”? -birdincage(birdincage); 2001-9-23 (#208554@0)
      • so 'so to speak' means 'that is to say", 'that means', "in another word" ? -beijing-dj(beijing-dj); 2001-9-24 (#208904@0)
        • Sorry, I don't get you. It seems "'that is to say",..etc. should be followed by a corresponding sentence, rather than a sentence starting with "and...", in jabber's note. -birdincage(birdincage); 2001-9-24 (#209040@0)
    • I have the same question as Birdincage. -pyramid(金字塔); 2001-9-23 {280} (#208576@0)
      Also, last time you said after you post 99 items, you will quit Rolia. But I think as a person with credit, you should reach 999 item within your life, because you choose 3 digits from the beginning. Do you think too few people read them? No, they just do not like to reply as us.
      • I like to read Jabber's note too! -ca010406(HeyJude); 2001-9-23 (#208580@0)
      • I agree with pyramid too. -birdincage(birdincage); 2001-9-23 (#208749@0)
      • i get benefit from jabber's note too. -redleaf(小禾); 2001-9-24 (#208853@0)
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