wishful thinking 甘い考え、願望的思考、That's your wishful thinking. それは考えが甘い "You know what my least favorite John Lennon song is?" he says. "Imagine. At the root of it is some rigorous thinking about the way things could be, but …

in full view of 丸見えで、衆人環視の下で、In hospitals, modesty is often thrown to the wind as treatments are carried out in full view of milling crowds.

legal precedent 判例That's encouraging. And not only because non-Japanese are slowly realizing that with copious time, money and willpower, they might sue and get some semblance of justice. They might even positively affect legal precedent…

diverge 枝分かれする、分岐するThis road diverges in two directions at the next corner. この道は次の角で二股に分かれる。 （主流から形・パターンを変えて）分化する、それる The new government diverged from the old policies. 新政府はこれまでの…

testify against 〜に不利な証言をする Juries are seemingly wary of employees who testify against bosses in return for more lenient sentences.rectitude 正直さ、公正さ It was Enron more than any of the other big corporate fraud that ushered i…