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Lucas21c Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
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Could you explain to me the meaning of the underlined word, 'shake us out of business as usual', in the below paraghraph?
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But at such moments we can't depend on analysts and commentators. This is a time when one looks, necessarily, to the president. So far, one looks in vain. What has been strikingly lacking in the Obama administration's response is a sense of the possibility of the moment, a commitment to doing our best to bring that possibility to fruition, a realization that this may be an important inflection point in world history that should shake us out of business as usual.
Thank you.==
But at such moments we can't depend on analysts and commentators. This is a time when one looks, necessarily, to the president. So far, one looks in vain. What has been strikingly lacking in the Obama administration's response is a sense of the possibility of the moment, a commitment to doing our best to bring that possibility to fruition, a realization that this may be an important inflection point in world history that should shake us out of business as usual.
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Hi: "business as usual" is an expression that means doing things the same way without question or thinking about improvements. "shake us out of" means to rudely wake us up from a state of slumber, to make us look around and realize that change is necessary.
- Hi: "business as usual" is an expression that means doing things the same way without question or thinking about improvements.
- "shake us out of" means to rudely wake us up from a state of slumber, to make us look around and realize that change is necessary.
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Hi:
"business as usual" is an expression that means doing things the same way without question or thinking about improvements.
"shake us out of" means to rudely wake us up from a state of slumber, to make us look around and realize that change is necessary.
"business as usual" is an expression that means doing things the same way without question or thinking about improvements.
"shake us out of" means to rudely wake us up from a state of slumber, to make us look around and realize that change is necessary.
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