今日見た英単語の忘備録英検準1以上限定

2021/11/29(月) 00:17:25.83

excerpt 抜粋

2022/01/08(土) 20:11:40.60

contextualize
Ludwig is the first sentence search engine that helps you write better English by giving you contextualized examples taken from reliable sources.

2022/01/08(土) 20:16:15.97

on and off

Do not give personal information to others!
Despite how awesome people on the forum are, this is still the internet.
Be careful both on and off the forum

2022/01/08(土) 20:58:39.12

from the ground up
ゼロから　基礎から　土台から

I like the approach of these videos in how they present English grammar
from the ground up, rather than trying to think about English in Japanese-grammar terms
that don’t actually translate to how English grammar works.

2022/01/08(土) 21:02:51.31

a ton of time / tons of time
they dedicate a ton of time talking about how much better
this method of grammar is than traditional textbook approaches

harp on (about) something:
If you say that someone harps on a subject, or harps on about it,
you mean that they keep on talking about it in a way that other people find annoying.

Jones harps on this theme more than on any other...a ton of time.
She concentrated on the good parts of her trip instead of harping on about the bad.
stop harping on about how great you method is.

2022/01/08(土) 21:06:44.59

revile悪口を言う

2022/01/09(日) 14:14:37.62

killjoy: party pooper

～と歩調を合わせて、～と足並みをそろえて、～と共に、～に一致［合致・調和］して
Tuition on credit has grown in step with people's increasing use of plastic

I knew better than to not call my grandmother but I was tired of being a killjoy,
and my sisters and I were back in step with one another.

People who live rigorously by this cynicism are often seen as grumpy killjoys.
The guys are dopey and relatable; their wives are responsible killjoys

2022/01/09(日) 15:46:36.88

milieu:environment

They stayed, safe and happy, within their own social milieu...
The findings of the report refer to a particular social and cultural milieu.

2022/01/09(日) 15:51:33.23

open-ended: 無期限、期限を設定してない
an open-ended discussion
The contract is open-ended.

2022/01/09(日) 15:54:20.15

onerous:めんどい

Right now you are both still shrouded in mystery to each other,
but eventually you’ll be naked, your real selves fully exposed and
those early imperfections will join a slew of more onerous ones.

In 1972, The Rolling Stones controversially moved to the south of France to escape onerous British taxes.

When trying to locate important things in the workplace, firstly,
look for.... onerous tasks, stressful, open-ended commitments and individuals you’d rather avoid

The process is so cumbersome, confusing, and onerous that many people who are theoretically eligible to vote never manage to get their voting rights back.
parents who have had the onerous task of bringing up a very difficult child.

2022/01/09(日) 17:38:02.54

最後まで聞いて。
Hear me out.

2022/01/09(日) 18:17:01.22

falsify データの偽造、改竄行為
falsification

The murder plots depended upon doctors who falsified death certificates and upon undertakers who quickly and quietly buried bodies.
recent concern about the falsification of evidence in court.

2022/01/09(日) 18:57:18.01

fallacy:間違っていること

It is a fallacy to say that the camera never lies.
He detected the fallacy of her argument.
bit of a stupid fallacy. Just because it seems like someone knows what they're talking about, doesn't mean they necessarily actually do
Similarly, someone can't make a blatant falsehood seem true all day, like a conman would. Still is a falsehood though

2022/01/09(日) 19:15:48.73

tamper with :改竄　改変
falsifyは文章やデータなど記述上の改竄のみに使われることが多いのに対して
tamper withは物理的な変形や加工、隠滅なども意味する

2022/01/10(月) 08:45:18.63

Despite the manga's Japan-only availability, it is more popular overseas

2022/01/10(月) 13:19:45.62

disrupt

Bus services will be disrupted tomorrow because of the bridge closure.
We aim to help you move house with minimum disruption to yourself.
The strike caused serious disruptions to rail services for several days.
She had a disruptive influence on the rest of the class

If there are any disruptive incidents this week, they will be met with strict enforcement of our disciplinary policy.

A disruptive technology is a new technology, such as computers and the Internet, which has a rapid and major effect on technologies that existed before. (BUSINESS)
...the other great disruptive technologies of the 20th century, such as electricity, the telephone and the car.

2022/01/11(火) 11:34:36.29

read the room

空気読む

2022/01/11(火) 16:35:35.69

comprehend(often negative) 納得

The infinite distances of space are too great for the human mind to comprehend.
She could not comprehend how someone would risk people's lives in that way.
He stood staring at the dead body, unable to comprehend.

2022/01/11(火) 23:32:42.48

I got fired from a job back in 2010 as I wasn't the right fit for the company.

2022/01/12(水) 12:33:59.40

peer pressure 同調圧力

2022/01/12(水) 13:08:57.63

you only have single public video available for viewing right now

2022/01/12(水) 14:11:38.86

expletive：罵り

You wanna fight about it?：やる気かよ

You say this when you feel like pretending you are an Italian mobster.
This phrase must always be spoken with a stereotypical Italian accent.
Them: "Dude, you completely fucked up my science project when you poured beer on it!"
You: "You wanna fight about it?"
Them: Come get some(やってやるぜ)

2022/01/12(水) 16:33:52.01

by a whisker 僅差で

2022/01/12(水) 17:50:50.13

Nut hair：チン毛、金玉の毛

dingleberry：〈卑〉尻に付着｛ふちゃく｝している乾燥した糞［くそ］◆
a piece of shit that hangs on one of your ass hairs and wont fall off
A very small piece of shit intertwined with nut hairs and lint-balls from underwear.

intertwine: 相互に絡み合う
lint-ball:毛玉

2022/01/12(水) 22:33:05.81

grow out of :～から生ずる

The idea for the book grew out of a visit to India.
The decision to introduce job sharing grew out of a general desire for flexible working hours.

2022/01/12(水) 23:27:23.20

within bounds: 適切な範囲で
We encourage our employees to socialize with clients, but within bounds.
I don't mind if you have a party next door, but please try to keep the noise within bounds.
Borrowing money from friends is all right as long as it’s kept within bounds.

within the bounds of society
within the bounds of possibility
You worked so hard this semester that I think an A is within the bounds of possibility.

2022/01/13(木) 03:04:18.80

chip away/chipping away
If you are "Chipping away" at something it generally means that something is slowly wearing you down [This problem is chipping away at me] or you are slowly wearing something down [I am chipping away at this problem].
I think a lot of male photographers ascend in their careers because they are charming or good looking. And so, like an enduring conversation with them often is uncomfortable because there's a level of flirtation but also sort of like diminishment. It became extremely challenging to be in these environments where you're supposed to be accommodating, placating, pleasing two idiots who are just chipping away anything that you might value about yourself beyond what you look like.

2022/01/13(木) 09:58:23.75

jargon:専門用語

The manual is full of the jargon and slang of self-improvement courses.
computer jargon
Try to avoid using too much technical jargon.

2022/01/13(木) 10:23:58.57

muffle：（物や障害物で）音をくもらせる、聞こえにくくする

The trees muffle the sound of the traffic.
They were both muffled in heavy, fur-lined coats.
I couldn't understand half of what the "judge" said since
she was muffled by a mask but her snotty demeanor came thru loud and clear

2022/01/13(木) 10:31:47.42

From beginning　はじめから

From scratch :何も準備が揃ってない状態ではじめから　フルスクラッチ＝和製英語
I made pancakes from scratch" meaning I made pancakes without a pre-made mix.
She did the artwork from scratch
We had no choice but to restart the project from scratch

From the get-go:何かをする前の状態からを指して「はじめから」
He knew this was a bad idea from the get-go
From the get-go, I knew we would do a great job
The charges have no legal basis and the "judge" should know that from the getgo.

2022/01/13(木) 10:33:47.17

inquisition 宗教裁判　尋問

2022/01/13(木) 12:36:44.10

minion:手先、子分
While I was waiting to see him, a minion brought me some tea.
Whenever the director needed more information, his minions were sent scurrying in all directions to obtain it.

2022/01/13(木) 12:40:30.29

wail : 泣き叫ぶ　悲鳴

The little girl was wailing miserably.
women wailing and weeping
the cat was wailing to be let out.
'It's broken,' she wailed.
There's no point wailing about something that happened so long ago.
Ambulances raced by with sirens wailing.
the distant wail of sirens
The child let out a high-pitched wail.

2022/01/13(木) 13:05:02.72

talk down to
見下して話す

that Judge talked down to you the whole time, especially after you said you were defending yourself

2022/01/13(木) 13:37:52.98

abide: put up with, hold,
I can't abide people with no sense of humour.
He couldn't abide the thought of being cooped up in an office.
You'll have to abide by the rules of the club.
We will abide by their decision.

adamant:堅く　頑なに
Eva was adamant that she would not come.
His family were adamantly opposed to the marriage.

admonish:warn, tell of, rebuke
She was admonished for chewing gum in class.
warning voice admonished him not to let this happen.
They admonished me for taking risks with my health...
She admonished him gently

2022/01/13(木) 13:52:23.64

peasant:小作人、農奴
The majority of the population are landless peasants.
They are kings, we are peasants. (In their eyes). In reality, we gave them power, they are our public servants and should act like it

2022/01/13(木) 15:29:58.22

eavesdrop:盗み聞き
hey re-wrote the complaint on you when they realized they couldn't charge for eavesdropping
The government illegally eavesdropped on his telephone conversations...
The housemaid eavesdropped from behind the kitchen door.

2022/01/13(木) 15:48:47.88

vile:悪しき
viler vilest
The weather was really vile most of the time.
He was in a vile mood.
the vile practice of taking hostages
Isn’t that some kind of vile stripping of our rights?

2022/01/13(木) 15:57:00.80

presumption:見込み、蓋然性
There is a general presumption that the doctor knows best.
She was infuriated by his presumption in not consulting her first.
The presumption of innocence is now a legal myth,” he declared

"innocent until proven guilty"
Everyone is entitled to the presumption of innocence until they are proved to be guilty.

2022/01/13(木) 20:26:37.45

underboss(犯罪組織の) 副首領、組織のNo2

2022/01/13(木) 20:49:15.83

Cookie-cutter:(negative) much the same, almost Identical to other things.
似たりよったり

I want a unique house, not one of those cookie-cutter boxes that looks like every other one on the block.

We need to make sure we have a website that stands out from the crowd.
It can't just be some cookie-cutter design, or it will get lost in the shuffle.

2022/01/13(木) 21:31:42.16

milestone:重大な出来事　ある程度の達成点、到達点
There is no milestone in your life that will ever compare with the birth of your child.
I knew even then that that conversation would prove to an important milestone in my life.
He said the launch of the party represented a milestone in Zambian history
This voyage marked an important milestone in the history of exploration.
Today we have passed another milestone on the road towards peace

2022/01/13(木) 23:51:31.90

cactus　サボテン
csllous　マメ

2022/01/14(金) 09:48:52.62

mind-blowing：心を打つ

Watching your baby being born is a mind-blowing experience.
the mind-blowing beauty of Africa

2022/01/14(金) 09:51:23.20

lingua franca:共通語
bridge the gap: 隙間を埋める
so to speak:言ってみれば　いわゆる
shortcoming: 欠点
Don't worry, there are rocks bridging the gap up ahead—we can cross there.
I thought Senator Davis was working to bridge the gap between the parties on this controversial issue.
A lingua franca is used to bridge the gap between people who do not speak the same language.
I just need to borrow some money to bridge the gap until I get paid again.
he will set a standard that others will follow in the future, and
I do indeed believe that that approach will "Bridge the gap" so to speak. Which benefits us all

2022/01/14(金) 10:44:56.51

unintelligible 意味不明
incomprehensible　理解し難い

Unintelligible most often seems to mean something that is hard or impossible to decipher, whether it's a garbled recording of a voice, or a poorly written letter.

Incomprehensible more often seems to be used to describe a broader idea, that while possibly easy to describe, is simply too difficult to understand -- like saying, "it's incomprehensible how anyone could commit murder."

2022/01/15(土) 00:36:57.43

smell the roses：人生をより楽しむ　豊かに過ごす

now retired with more time to smell the roses...
You can't keep working these 80 hour weeks, You have to stop and smell the roses, or else what is all that work even for?

laid-back ：relaxed, calm
It's clear by the people's laid-back demeanor that this is a culture 　that places greater value on smelling the roses
than the pursuit of money or success.

2022/01/15(土) 08:34:16.54

intervention:介入
Driver Intervention Program is a 90-minute interactive small group,
workshop,that aims,to address,the over representation,of young,drivers in crashes,by confronting,them,with the potential risk and consequences,of road,trauma.

Women's groups are concerned about the high levels of medical intervention during childbirth.
We do not need further government intervention.
intervention in: state intervention in the economy

2022/01/15(土) 09:23:33.05

higher up :高官　上役　偉い人

This judge should be removed from her duties. Im sick of all these higher ups thinking the same law doesn't apply too them

2022/01/15(土) 12:02:43.46

DUI
Driving Under the Influence:
the crime of driving after you have drunk too much alcohol

2022/01/15(土) 12:55:30.39

Stern :厳粛　（マナーなどに）厳しい
a stern face
a stern warning
Her voice was stern.
The police are planning sterner measures to combat crime.
a stern test of nerves
We face stern opposition.

Idioms: be made of sterner stuff :意地になる　意固地になってる
Many would have given up, but Tim was made of sterner stuff.
Having to take care of both of us growing up,
my brother George was made of sterner stuff as a kid than anyone else I knew.
I can't believe you let us down at the last minute. I thought you were made of sterner stuff than that!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP4gIyIwRv8

2022/01/15(土) 12:59:53.04

t-boned:
t-bone accident: T型の交通事故

When a car hits another in the side forming a letter "T"
"I ran a red light and I t-boned this other car!"
I got T-Boned by a broad（オンナ) running a stop sign!

a drunk behind the wheel "can" permanently reduce a lifespan from 80 years or so,
to however old they were when they were run over/t-boned, by a drunk.

2022/01/15(土) 21:47:15.18

T-bone steak Tボーンステーキ

2022/01/15(土) 22:32:44.94

"yeah no"
a Midwestern phrase that means "no" as opposed to the phrase "no yeah" which is a Midwestern phrase meaning "yes"

2022/01/15(土) 22:51:04.73

as opposed to: ～とは反対に

2022/01/15(土) 23:57:47.38

plethora: lots

endless plethora of
plethora of books have been written on the subject.
a plethora of detail.

2022/01/16(日) 00:15:31.76

in the small hours: 深夜から早朝の間
in the small hours of:
In the small hours, we came upon an inn.
He was drawing on it now, in a French barn(納屋), in the small hours.
His guardian returned in the small hours of the morning; he had a large plastic bag with him.

2022/01/16(日) 00:18:48.18

atone: 贖罪　償い
to atone for a crime
a desire to atone
atonement : to make atonement for his sins
the Jewish day of atonement
He felt he had atoned for what he had done

2022/01/16(日) 00:27:30.36

conflate: mix
Her letters conflate past and present...
Unfortunately the public conflated fiction with reality and made her into a saint...
The two meanings conflated.

idiosyncrasies:eccentricity　特殊性
idiosyncratic

They seem to have been close friends for decades, sharing many interests and idiosyncrasies
Conflating these two people was a mistake I made myself
His teaching methods are idiosyncratic but successful
If you talk about the idiosyncrasies of someone or something,
you are referring to their rather unusual habits or characteristics.
Everyone has a few little idiosyncrasies...

2022/01/16(日) 18:31:30.49

forthright:正直、遠慮しない
a woman of forthright views
He spoke in a forthright manner but without anger
forthright appraisal
forthright criticism.

〔トランプカードで作った家のように〕不安定な建物［構造・計画］、砂上の楼閣
The enormous national debt amassed in the last eight years makes all this prosperity nothing but a house of cards.
His plans are a house of cards, so if one thing does not work, the entire plan will fail
I was balanced on a house of cards.

bigger picture:もっと大きな視点、大事な話
We're missing the bigger picture here. Quite frankly I'm surprised nobody has commented on this yet
I don't see it going anywhere in the bigger picture.
The sales manager gave us all the bigger picture this morning, and I'm more confused than ever.

ruckus: mess
The kids were making an awful ruckus in the living room, so I told them to go play outside.
She went outside to see who was causing such a ruckus.

2022/01/16(日) 18:33:35.68

like clockwork:(滞りなく)時計じかけのように正確に、簡単に
I want this office to run like clockwork with everything on time and everything done right.
we could depend on Alice to make sure that everything ran like clockwork.
I intend to run this festival like clockwork, so I'm trying to plan for any and all eventualities.
Everything is going like clockwork, so we should be ready to start construction by the end of the month.
The conference went like clockwork from beginning to end.
This is great, but all body cams should be uploaded and shared like clockwork from all law enforcement agencies.

train wreck:オワってる、ひどい出来
*describes something that is so bad that you don't want to keep watching or following but you just can't look away from it.
This project has become an absolute train wreck.
We've wasted so much time and money already, I don't know how we'll make up the losses.
I don't know about my relationship with Kevin. He's a bit of a train wreck, between you and me.

stellar: starの形容詞（スターの、花形）
Despite a stellar cast, the film turned out to be a real train wreck.

2022/01/17(月) 00:26:10.94

masquerade:仮装　偽装
He was tired of the masquerade and wanted the truth to come out.
commercial advertisers masquerading as private individuals
The local paper is full of gossip masquerading as news.
professional dealers masquerading as private buyers
He was an imposter, who masqueraded as a doctor.

pseudo:似非、疑似

a panel of pseudoexperts
pseudo cowboy boots.
pseudoscientific
pseudo-intellectual
pseudo-science

2022/01/17(月) 14:23:57.59

gloss:つや　光沢
paper with a high gloss on one side
The gel gives your hair a gloss.
You can have the photos with either a gloss or a matt finish.
Use over your favourite lipstick to add extra gloss.

to gloss over a problem / difficulty / situation :軽く流す　横に置く
He glossed over any splits in the party.
Some foreign governments appear happy to gloss over continued human rights abuses.
she completely glosses past

agonize:苦悶する　悩む
I spent days agonizing over whether to take the job or not.
Don't agonize about the details

admittedly:認めざるを得ないが
admittedly I am afraid

though the strain on the sternpost(船尾部) in turning at speeds over forty miles an hour is admittedly very severe

grasp of:掴みどころを掴むy
have a grasp of
get a grasp of
take a grasp of
fair grasp of
full grasp of
I hope everyone has a solid grasp of the material, as you'll be tested on it next week.
I thought I had a pretty good grasp on English idioms, but I don't understand this one at all!
Try to get a grasp of the basic rules. You don't have a good grasp of the principles yet. John was unable to get a solid grasp of the methods used in his work,

2022/01/17(月) 20:00:56.55

spillage:こぼれ落ちる　溢れ出る

...an oil spillage off the coast of Texas.
...an accident in the workplace involving blood spillage.
booba spillage

2022/01/18(火) 01:02:16.79

off putting;いやーな
I prefer movies that have been dubbed into English. Subtitles are so off-putting.
However, many customers found the smell of this product distinctly off-putting.

gruesome:おぞましい
There has been a series of gruesome murders in the capital.
He has spent periods in prison, where he was gruesomely tortured.
...a gruesomely compelling series of interviews.

smug：自己満足でニヤついて
he said with smug satisfaction
don't be so smug!
Thomas and his wife looked at each other in smug satisfaction
What are you looking so smug about?
He smiled smugly as the results were announced.

moot;一致をみない、わかりあえない、推測の域を出ない
He argued that the issue had become moot since the board had changed its policy.
It has already been mooted, but we will give it a little emphasis
a moot point / question： a matter about which there may be disagreement or uncertainty: 意見が分かれる点
Whether this should be enforced by law or not is a moot point.
How long he'll be able to do so is a moot point.
"It is a moot point whether Napoleon Bonaparte was born a subject of the King of France" (Norman Davies).
This, we may say, is the one moot question that this new-found document clears up

2022/01/18(火) 15:53:38.39

overt:公然と
Although there is no overt hostility, black and white students do not mix much
There was little overt support for the project

knee-jerk reaction：脊髄反射（のような対応）
The knee-jerk reaction to this is to call for proper security in all hospitals
They also have an knee-jerk habit, (dare I say, obligation) not to hide their overt hatred of anyone law-enforcement

self-proclaimed:自称
self-proclaimed navy veteran
a self-proclaimed expert

demented:キチガイ
I've been nearly demented with worry about you.
The children have driven me demented today.
He was crashing about the house like a demented animal.

few and far between: 稀である　そんないない

in the bag:手堅い
Looks like you have it in the bag.
Good luck I hope you get a judge that is honest. They are few and far between
her nomination was in the bag
And then, with the election all but in the bag, the report came out, and changed everything

let up:見過ごす　ゆるめる　やめる
Don't let up the suspect until you've put handcuffs on him.
Don't start to think we've got this game in the bag, I've seen teams make bigger comebacks than this, so we can't let up.
They are not going to let up on us in the second half, so we better be ready to battle with them
I know we've been hard on Erin, but I feel like she'll go back to her old ways if we let up now. Let up on the accelerator a little, you're going to burn out the engine.

2022/01/18(火) 22:21:08.96

first-line employee: 現場で働くじゅうぎょういん

from first-line employee to CEO

2022/01/19(水) 00:43:09.57

debunk:暴露して反証、看破する
you made a response video and debunked the information I gave
Australian Scientists Debunk Sixth Sense
Debunk the myth
Anthropologist uses 'doomsday dates' to debunk unscientific myths

2022/01/19(水) 10:47:33.01

cower:coward(verb)
A gun went off and people cowered behind walls and under tables.
The dog whimpered and cowered at his feet.
The hostages cowered in their seats.

Arbitrary:恣意的
Arbitrary arrests and detention without trial were common.
The victims were not chosen arbitrarily.
This is a country where arbitrary arrests are commonplace
Arbitrary arrests and detention without trial were common
threatning with a0rbitrary review process

commonplace：一般的
Foreign vacations have become commonplace...
It is a commonplace to say that Northern Ireland is a backwater in the modern Europe.

2022/01/19(水) 22:45:12.83

go too far: 度が過ぎる,やりすぎる

some youtubers go too far

2022/01/20(木) 14:48:41.12

exorcise:除霊、精神浄化
twisted:歪んだ　ビョーキ morbid

I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person
they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated.
She would have been exorcised to cast out the evil spirit
I'm not this dark, twisted person.
Yes, I have my demons and this is my way of exorcising them. It gets them out - and better out than in
think I have a pattern of nice and lovely and then dark and twisted.

flinch:ビクっとするビビる
He flinched at the sight of the blood.
She flinched away from the dog.
He met my gaze without flinching.
He didn't even flinch (= wasn't surprised) when I told him the price.

2022/01/20(木) 17:34:23.18

be out of your mind: 正気じゃない

you are out of your mind.
everyday you do something stupider than you did the day before.

2022/01/21(金) 14:02:00.91

proficient:堪能

I became proficient in defining accent
She's proficient in several languages.
He's proficient at his job.
I'm a reasonably proficient driver.
With practice, you should become proficient within six months.
proficiency in doing sth): to develop proficiency
a high level of oral proficiency in English
a certificate of language proficiency

2022/01/21(金) 18:38:53.99

cold turkey:禁断症状

I removed twitter & discord browser bookmarks and app shortcuts from my phone & pc.
Now that it takes extra steps for me to open the app,
I don't check every other minute without really wanting to.
It feels like a pretty good way to manage time spent without going cold turkey.

2022/01/21(金) 23:27:35.92

swoop:raid, 急降下
The aircraft swooped down over the buildings.
A hawk swooped low over the field.
Officers swooped on the vehicles as they left the ferry.
FBI agents swooped in and arrested the drug dealers.
They swooped into the restaurant for a quick dinner
He was arrested in a police swoop
Large quantities of drugs were found during a police swoop on the star's New York home.

2022/01/22(土) 11:55:26.26

perpetrator：犯人
hideous：ひどい
deliberation：審議
as few as：たった
dispose：廃棄

2022/01/22(土) 13:55:00.15

homophobia(主に男性の) 同姓愛者嫌悪

2022/01/22(土) 14:08:31.99

電磁波犯罪被害者の症状

体が異常に熱い
ノドが異常に乾く
異常に疲れる

スマホを所持していないときは被害が軽減する

2022/01/22(土) 21:00:24.86

wholesome:健全（なもの　視聴、読む、閲覧）
This was suprisingly wholesome considering there was a lot of tension at the begginning
I dont expect it would be wholesome consequence it looks ominous from get go
wholesome home-cooked meals
wholesome family entertainment

pro se:自分で自分を弁護（法定）
represented himself pro se, meaning he represents himself without attorney

uncanny:よくわからん、なんでかよくわからんけど

I had an uncanny feeling I was being watched.
It was uncanny really, almost as if she knew what I was thinking.
He has an uncanny knack of being able to see immediately where the problem lies.
uncannily adverb: He looked uncannily like someone I knew.

2022/01/23(日) 20:34:43.13

street smart: street wise
They're very serene, low profile for certain, and street smart
We're not an academic family we're street smart.

inattention:
Even a moment's inattention can be fatal for a pilot
He would have to rely on the inattention of others.
Each of the four problems may seem particular, but they all stem from inattention.

head-on collision:正面衝突
He is responsible for the death of an innocent women in a head on collision. he was in the wrong lane
When Robert tries to pass a car they have a head-on collision with a truck.
Mr. Laurents brings these separate lives into head-on collision with dexterity.

dexterity:器用さ
You need manual dexterity to be good at video games.
Maybe, with insight and dexterity, it could have been avoided.
The trouble with anthropomorphic robots capable of such dexterity is that they are invariably complex and expensive costing $200,000 or more
Until the early 1990s, manual dexterity was often enough to secure a job.
now one in three of Santa Clara's adults has a degree (compared with one in five nationally).

2022/01/24(月) 02:58:34.49

have a knack of doing: have a flair of
I have a knack of providing examples in my answers.
He has an uncanny knack of being able to see immediately where the problem lies.

wind down:RELAX, UNWIND
I am 74, and this old body is winding down.

2022/01/24(月) 09:02:41.22

deviouse：巧妙な、詐欺的な、不正な

2022/01/24(月) 23:24:11.54

be done with it: ケリをつける

beneficiary:得するやつ、遺産相続人 heir
Who will be the main beneficiary of the cuts in income tax?
She was the sole beneficiary of her father's will.
The main beneficiaries of pension equality so far have been men

drop by the wayside:置いてかれる
If you don't do your homework now, it won't be long before you drop by the wayside in this class.

fall by the wayside:脱落
Only about half of this group will graduate. The rest will fall by the wayside.

go by the wayside:横に置かれる
With the war in the Middle East intensifying, the president's plan for environmental reform has increasingly gone by the wayside.

mastery:使いこなせること
He doesn't have mastery of the basic rules of grammar...
She has mastery of several languages.
The orchestra is unrivalled in terms of technical mastery and sheer vitality.
human mastery of the natural world
He struggled for mastery over his emotions.

catch the drift: 言いたいことよくわかってる
I lean forward to catch the drift of it.
Even legislators have caught the drift of public opinion
Those of us who just didn't catch the drift of education were made to feel like failures and dropped by the wayside.

2022/01/26(水) 00:47:27.14

bold: 大胆、勇敢、はっきり、くっきり
bold lettering

It was a bold move on their part to open a branch of the business in France.
The wine made him bold enough to approach her and introduce himself.
a bold and fearless warrior
the bold outline of a mountain against the sky
She paints with bold strokes of the brush.
boldly patterned / coloured
He stepped boldly forward to speak.

2022/01/26(水) 01:04:20.74

picky:fussy 選り好みする pickier pickiest
PANDAS are bad at sex and picky about food
Some people are very picky about who they choose to share their lives with...
a picky eater

2022/01/27(木) 16:19:22.73

gutter:雨樋（あまどい）　道路脇の排水溝　社会の底辺　ゆらゆら燃える、ほそぼそと減衰する
blocked / leaking gutter
She rose from the gutter to become a great star.
the language of the gutter (= used when swearing)
Her career in broadcasting had slowly guttered out
We all know that you aren't sorry dude. You're only sorry because you wanted to keep your reputation from going down the gutter.

2022/01/27(木) 17:35:00.75

trough 雨どい

2022/01/29(土) 17:35:43.35

deter：抑止する
calibrate：調節する

2022/01/30(日) 00:17:19.97

chelonian 亀

2022/01/31(月) 10:52:33.19

disseminate：広める

2022/02/02(水) 09:55:26.46

urn つぼ　かめ
toad ヒキガエル
swine ブタ
bronchitis 気管支炎
friar 托鉢修道士
claustrophobia 閉所恐怖症

2022/02/05(土) 13:33:34.37

vehiment：激しい

2022/02/06(日) 00:28:50.76

tonsil 扁桃腺

2022/02/06(日) 11:05:12.92

スペル間違っているが…。

2022/02/06(日) 11:06:22.90

>>255

2022/02/06(日) 12:06:21.06

間違いを指摘はしても、正解は書かない不親切こそが5ちゃん戦士クオリティ

vehement

私は戦士失格のようだ・・・

2022/02/06(日) 14:59:32.91

demise：終焉、死亡、廃止

2022/02/07(月) 09:39:06.00

hilarious：愉快な

2022/02/08(火) 00:50:51.57

wanton 理不尽な
wonton ワンタン

2022/02/08(火) 01:52:50.58

>>261
さすがにそれは準一じゃなく2級レベルだ
舐め過ぎ

2022/02/08(火) 08:48:41.52

>>263
https://ejje.weblio.jp/content/hilarious

hilariousの学習レベル→レベル：11英検：1級以上の単語

だそうですので、悪しからず

2022/02/08(火) 09:10:54.57

>>263
でる順パス単1級掲載あり

今日見た英単語の忘備録 英検準1以上限定

今日見た英単語の忘備録英検準1以上限定