- lead up to 그 일이 일어나기 전까지
- in lieu = instead, in lieu of = instead of
- deprecate = 승인하지않다, 부정하다(비난, 부정적)
- inquistive - asking many questions, too curious (negative)
- asynchronous = not occuring at the same time, independently.
- sporadically 산발적으로 sometimes but not regularly or continuously
- low haning fruit = something that is easy to obtain
- have a knack for = have a natural ability, skill to do that.
- interpersonal skills = social skills, people skills
- take a stab at (뛰어나진 못해도, 자주나 잘 하는 건 아니라도) 시도해보다
- take the fall for. = to accept the blame for something another person did
- up one's alley = 취향에 맞는, 딱 맞는,
In this company, communications happen remotely. Because of that all the employees work asynchronously, but scheduled and unscheduled meetings happen sporadically too. This style was actually up my alley, also given that my interpersoanl skills are very bad, I was in love with this style. Once new hire joined the team and started to turn the tide. He scheduled regular meetings in lieu of messenger communication, and all the team members deprecated. He was in the provocation period, and leading up to the end of the provocation, wanted to take a stab at for new methods. We kinda put our foot down firmly saying we're not gonna take the fall for, and I thought he had a knack for annoying people, but this challenging, inquistive attitude grabbed CEO's attention so he got promoted right away. It wasn't low hanging fruits, so i started to believe him as a leader and decided to take a leap of faith.
I was very anxiois in the time leading up to the event. What exactly led up to his resignation? Many voters were still undicided in the days leading up to the election. Leading up to the wedding, I was really nervous.
People who are self-deprecating downplay their abilities because they are humble -or want to appear that way.
I love books so volunteering at the library is up my alley. That's right up my alley, I'd love to do it.