Proactive Red Bull Suspenders

Notes from the YT Class:

Vocabulary

• suspenders: サスペンダー（ズボンつり)
• clip end suspenders (link)
• Black McGuire Nicholas brand suspenders (link)
• The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders CD (audiobook)
• The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders (paperback)
• Best Friends are Like Suspenders: They Hold You Up When You Are Falling Down (paperback)
  

Recently, I haven't seen men wearing suspenders.
My grandfather wears suspenders. (おじいちゃんははサスペンダー（ズボンつり）を着けています。)

• door knob: ノブ・ドアの取っ手
• determined-looking: 本気の顔
• bull: 牛のオス
• Red Bull: a slightly expensive energy drink (link)
  
• proactive: 前向きな acting in anticipation of future problems, needs, or changes
  

Yokohama city has taken a proactive stance on garbage and recycling.

• reactive: acting after a problem or need arises
  

My manager is more reactive than proactive.

Phrases

• moving along: 続きをやりましょう。／さあ話の続きだ。

OK. Let's move along. (Spoken by the teacher to students after finishing one part of a lesson.)

• It's up to you. / You decide. / It's your decision to make.: それがどうなるかは）あなた次第です。／（その判断は）お任せします。／君次第だよ。(相手の決断を促す。)

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References:

1. 大辞林第三版
2. CD-ビジネス技術 実用英語大辞典
3. CD-The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

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