The frozen-food plan
〜をおいて〜ない ・ 〜にかかっている ・ 〜を前提として ・ 〜とあって ・ 〜に照らして
In this lesson, you will learn to say that there is no one but a certain person for a job with 〜をおいて 他に 〜ない, that everything depends on one thing with 〜に かかって いる, that a plan rests on an assumption with 〜を前提として, that a special situation brings a natural result with 〜とあって, and that you judge something against a standard with 〜に照らして. It is September, and Mori starts a new project in the trade department: the Shizuoka company's frozen bento, for a supermarket chain on America's West Coast.
By the end you will be able to say
The grammar in this lesson
- 〜をおいて 他に〜ない — no one (nothing) but — Noun + をおいて 他に 〜ない says that one person or thing is the only possible choice.
- 〜に かかって いる — depends on — Noun + に かかって いる says that one thing decides how something turns out.
- 〜を前提として — on the assumption of — Noun + を前提として (or を前提に) says that a plan or a decision rests on a condition taken as given.
- 〜とあって — because it is (a special case) — A noun or a plain form + とあって gives a special situation, and the rest of the sentence says what naturally follows from it.
- 〜に照らして — in light of; judged against — Noun + に照らして says you judge something by holding it up against a standard: rules, the law, past cases.