Daily Vocabulary(2007/01/21)

3381.work ethic(勤労を善とする考え、仕事至上主義、労働観、労働倫理、勤労意欲）
A strong work ethic filtered down through the corporate ranks.
3382.sales goal（販売目標）
When we finally accomplished our sales goal, we congratulated ourselves with a bottle of champagne.
3383.day and night(夜も昼も、四六時中、連日連夜、休みなく ）
Raising three kids without Dad and working day and night is somewhat of a problem.
3384.bite the hand that feeds one(恩をあだで返す、飼い犬に手をかまれる）
Avoiding the female market for this cosmetic may be biting the hand that feeds us.
3385.curiously(不思議なことに、妙に、もの珍しそうに）
Curiously, even though he was the oldest, he was the fittest.
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