Belajar Bahasa Inggris Edisi 20 Februari 2009 (Favorite)

But getting into this game can be difficult - particularly in the early days while you’re still growing traffic.

can be difficult = bisa menjadi sulit

particularly = (kk) terutama

in the early days = di awal-awal hari
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Below are 5 ways that I secured direct ad deals with sponsors in the early days of my first blogs

secure = (kkt) memperoleh/mendapatkan

another meaning of "secure":
:(ks) terjamin/terkunci/aman/kokoh
:(kkt) menjamin/mengunci/melindungi/menutupi
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To say Jack Welch is cocky is a gross understatement.

cocky = (ks) sombong

gross = (kb) kasar

another meaning of "gross":
:(kb) 12 lusing/144 buah
:(kb) besar
:(kb) kasar
:(kkt) mendapatk keuntungan kotor

grossly: (kk) terlalu/nyata sekali

understatement: (kb) keterangan [pernyataan] yang mengecilkan[meremehkan]
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And that was in fact just what the brazen young engineer did

brazen = (ks/kkt) kurang ajar/tidak tahu malu

the brazen young engineer = insinyur muda yang tidak tahu malu
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During the first five years of his tenure,..

during = (kb) selama

during the five years = selama lima tahun

tenure = masa jabatan/kedudukan
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Welch was obsessed with dismantling nine-layers of bureaucracy, cutting inventories, shutting down factories, reducing payrolls and cutting lackluster product lines.

dismantle = (kkt) membongkar

layer = (kb) lapisan

bureaucracy = (kb) birokrasi

shut down = menutup

lackluster = (ks) tidak semangat/semarak
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He had a ferocious desire for efficiency. And profit.

ferocious = (ks) galak/ganas/garang/buas
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And earnings grew tenfold.

tenfold = 10 kali lipat
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And to remain focused, lean, fast and competitive.

remain focused = tetap fokus

lean = ramping

fast = cepat

competitive = bersaing
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Ideas, projects or business that couldn’t meet this criteria were thrown on the trash heap.

trash = (kb) sampah

heap = (kb) tumpukan/timbunan

heap = (kkt) menumpuk/menimbun

the trash heap = tumpukan sampah
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You have to think about this deeply before you tackle a project like a blog

deeply = (kk) secara dalam

tackle = (kkt) mengerjakan
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Watch blog launches by successful bloggers and you’ll get the sense that not only did they take Welch’s principle into consideration–but they in fact live or die by it.

watch = (kkt/kki) melihat

successful bloggers = peblogger yang sukses

get the sense = mendapatkan rasa/nuansa

into consideration = menjadi pertimbangan

in fact = nyatanya/secara fakta
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These bloggers launched blogs they were fairly confident they could dominate as #1 or #2.

fairly = (kk) cukup/hampir/agak

confident = (ks) percaya diri/yakin/pasti

fairly confident = cukup percaya diri

could dominate = bisa menguasai
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Maki had a monstrous mountain of competition already on the playing field.

monstrous = (ks) besar sekali/dahsyat
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And new marketing and copywriting blogs constantly emerging

constantly = (kk) secara teratur/dengan terus menerus

emerge = (kki) muncul/timbul

constantly emerging = secara terus-menerus bermunculan
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But he’s defined himself pretty narrowly

he's defined himself = dia mendefinisikan dirinya sendiri

pretty narrowly = cukup sempit
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= the end =

Ps: all of those sentences were taken from: http://feeds.copyblogger.com/~r/Copyblogger/~3/oIMAEDSB0jY/. I suggest you to read it first before starting out

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