Please help me to understand what Jeff told me inside [ ]. I want to understand what Jeff told me inside [ ]. Since his English is still difficult for me to understand. I'm in a beginner level. So, i

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Please help me to understand what Jeff told me inside [ ]. I want to understand what Jeff told me inside [ ]. Since his English is still difficult for me to understand. I'm in a beginner level. So, if you were able to change my unfamiliar phrase, please do it. Here is his correction and I ask my question under this entry. ---- Today, one of my bosses embarrassed my young colleague with her power play before firing him. [Unlike over here, the boss can fire anyone without the reason. So she does not need this as an excuse.] This is the second time to for her to set as an example to keep others in line. [This will be more of her real motive. Chinese saying, kill the chicken to scare the monkey. I should know!]. It's terrible that she has to humiliate him in front of others to rob his pride before letting the ax falls. [Just to make your essay more interesting. Also another reason, she's a sadist in tearing down a man's pride for whatever inner reason she may have. Since this is Japan, if I were him, I would have slapped her in front of all and telling her, that no woman shall humiliate me as thus. I am no mousy husband of hers. A face saving gesture on my part. As usual, your stories are always so interesting.] --- 1.What is 'Unlike over here'? Over here is for me, 'please come here'. 2.What does 'Just to make your essay more interesting.' mean? I just can understand 'Your essay is interested'. I can't understand 'Just to make'. 3.What does 'as thus' mean? 4.What does 'A face saving gesture on my part.' mean? I checked 'save face' mean via dictionary. And 'on my part' is 'my side'. Does it same mean 'This my attitude keep my face.' ?

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1. I don’t know where he is from or where he was at the time of the writing, but I would use “over here” if I were in a country other than my own. “Over here” = “here in Japan, not in my country.”’ 2. “Just to make you essay more interesting” is another way of saying “in order to make to essay more interesting.” “Just to” is an often used idiom. Example: Just to let you know, I’m going to repeat this. Just to be on the safe side, I’m going to take a little extra money. I have already studied for the test but, just to make sure, I’m going to review the lesson again. 3. “As thus” means “in this way” of “in that way.” “As thus” sounds a little awkward to me. “Thus’’ without the “as” would seem more appropriate. 4. “On my part” means “pertaining to me,” as opposed to pertaining to anyone else. “As far as I’m concerned,’’ “my view or opinion of something as opposed to the views of others.” “A face saving gesture on my part” means “my way of making a face saving gesture,” behavior of mine that would allow me to avoid being embarrassed, “my way of saving face.”

1. 'Unlike over here' means that he is comparing your place and the place he is currently in. So, when he said 'Unlike over here', he meant to say that when you compare your place to where he is now, it is different since the boss can fire anyone without reason. 2. The 'Just to make your essay more interesting.' part refers to the 'before letting the ax falls' line he added. Instead of simply saying 'before being fired', he suggested to use 'before letting the ax falls' to make the essay more interesting. 'Just to make your essay more interesting.'　=> エッセイをもっと面白くなるために 3. By 'as thus', he meant 'like that'. I hope it helps. :)

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