Courteney: Which of these vendors do you think we should go with?
Dante: I’m really hesitant to make a decision until we’ve pondered the options a little longer. We don’t want to make any rash decisions.
Courteney: We’ve sat on this for long enough, don’t you think? I know you’re of two minds about whether we should be switching vendors in the middle of the year, but I think it’s the right move. We had sound reasons for doing this, remember?
Dante: Yes, yes, I know that it wasn’t a split-second decision, but whether it’ll really save us money is debatable.
Courteney: I have to disagree with you there. We’ve both seen the reports and I don’t think there are any ifs, ands, or buts about it. We’re going to save money.
Dante: Okay, I’m willing to make a tentative decision to go with GreatDeal Corp. as our new vendor, as long as that decision isn’t set in stone. We’ll revisit this decision in six months to see if they’re working out.
Courteney: I can live with that. Now, can we discuss my raise?
Dante: Raise? That’s definitely something I’ll need to ponder a lot more.
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hesitant 猶豫的；躊躇的；不情願的
hesitate （對某事）猶豫，遲疑不決
ponder 仔細考慮
rash 衡量輕率的；魯莽的
of two minds 優柔寡斷
split-second 一瞬間作出的；做得非常精確的
debatable 可爭辯的；有爭議的
no ifs, ands, or buts 沒有任何藉口
tentative 不確定的；不肯定的；暫定的 ; 躊躇的；猶豫不定的；不果斷的
set in stone 一成不變
live with 與...住在一起
raise 加薪；工資增長
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