Online Privacy(2)
The group talks about distractions and the lack of privacy online at work.
untamed information flows
勝手に流れる、コントロールできない [OALD]allowedto remain in a wild state;not changed,controlled or influenced by anyone;
zero e-mail 48 hours
週末はメールを出さないポリシー
under siege
包囲されている comes from war.Nowadays you can call almost anything under siege, if it's in a situation where it seems to be surrounded and it's being attacked or challenged again and again and again. [COL]*The city was under siege and began to run short of food.
lazybones
怠けもの、無精者 The singular and plural are the same: lazybones. A similar phrase is "lazy Susan. 回転盆、回転棚
happy medium
中庸 ほどほどのところ [NOAD]a satisfactory compromise
grim
厳格な、残酷な、恐ろしい unpleasant or forbidding or sinister.It draws up a kind of a dark and unpleasant atmosphere. [NOAD]ding or uninviting
*Grimms'[Grimm's] Fairy Tales グリム童話(Grimmは名字)
rekindle
再燃させる build a fire or "start a fire or ignite [OALD]to make sth become active again
rekindling たきつけ
be wary
用心している、油断がない Always be wary 常に用心すべきです。 [NOAD]feeleing or showing caustion about possible dangersor problems*a wary look
NOAD-The New Oxford American Dictionary OALD-Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary