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212 Looking for a Change 2burn any bridges断了自己的后路，不用告诉老板对公司有多不满意，而且还要 do your best to train your replacement 尽力把交接工作做好Do you have any job prospects lined up? Lisa说自己发了一些简历，已经有一些公司对她表示有兴趣了，Ive gotten a couple of bite. bite, b-i-t-e, bite 在这里是上钩的意思，意思是她的简历已经引起了一些公司的兴趣youve pretty much made up your mind to quit thengrab lunch 是一种口语里常用的说法，意思是随便买点午饭吃，也可以说 to grab something to eatsalaries have been frozen for a whileWe havent done that in a whileI think the management is resistant to change, I have been given great proposals to the section chief and I even sent emails with my ideas on how to streamline the operations to the big boss. But the reaction is always the sameBite the bullet 意思是硬着头皮接受自己不愿意做的事情A Scrooge is someone who is stingy with his money even though he has plentywouldnt want my colleagues to think I am refusing to contribute to the pool even though I can, but this would put me way over my weekly budget.contribute to the pool, 这里的pool, p-o-o-l, pool 指的是大家凑的钱I hope they understand where Im coming from and dont hold it against me.希望同事能 understand where Im coming from. 意思是能明白和理解我的本意，dont hold it against me 不要记恨我。Lots of people have been in the position before, and maybe once you get to know them better, ten dollars wont seem like such a big deal anymore.Thanks so much for your advice, I feel a lot better about the situation.Let’s make sure we keep in touch andy,196 IPO 1privately held, family owned 私人持有、家族经营的公司it has come to my attention that it may be time to consider some major changes.Its something we should give serious consideration to.a publicly traded company. 上市公司上市从商业角度看，有没有道理呢？换句话说，does it make good business sense?towards obtaining a bigger market sharemassive capital investmentthink something through 是仔细考虑的意思there isnt a lot of appetite for adventure. 没有多少人愿意冒险People are looking for either a good deal or something safe现在市场上大家都在找上算的或是安全稳妥的play hardball 意思是采取果断大胆的行动its time to move beyond mom-and-pop operationsmom-and-pop operations 是指家庭规模的小买卖，nothing ve