mandate mǽndeit
mandate a 10-minute break every 2 hours for workers
mandate a 10% reduction
～を命じる
sanguine sǽŋgwin
sanguine = cheerfully optimistic, confidently hopeful
with sanguine eyes
I keep a sanguine eye on our future.
cover/touch all the bases
完璧に行う、すべてをカバーする
When I was in university, I struggled to cover all the bases for the tests.
Seki-kun
I have a friend whose name is Seki, whom I have known since I went to a cram school at the age of 10. We used to do a myriad of mischief at that time and adults often came and scolded us, but we always did them with impunity. The reason is ... Seki-kun was always a sacrifice! He always took our place, of course, which was not his will though. The teachers scolded him for the pranks due to his bad scores. Because Hishi and I knew the fact, we made him a scapegoat at all time. Looking back, that definitely sounds awful, but you know, each child is such a creature. Please forgive us because we were just as innocent as a lamb.
It's been twenty years since those days, he grew up to be doing great jobs for public as a lawyer. Who can imagine that the miserable boy burgeoned and contribute to people?