自主学習 Flashcards
(99 cards)
well-turned-out
ADJ.
someone who is well-turned-out wears nice, good quality clothes (SYN: well-dressed)
● Our customers want to be served by people who are well-turned-out.
Excuse me, please?
PHRASE
a very polite way of saying ‘Excuse me’ when you want to get through (like in a crowded place)
Although just ‘Excuse me” is considered polite enough, (some people even say it’s strange as it’s too polite that it almost sounds like mocking other people) some grumpy people want you to say ‘please’.
*rude form: ‘move!’ ‘get out of my way!’
to round off
PHRASAL VERB
1. to make edges or corners rounder and smoother
● I don’t want to think people are being rude, but I can’t help mentally putting a ‘please’ on the end. Just rounds it off nicely I guess.
- to complete something in a satisfying or suitable way.
● A cup of hot chocolate rounds off a day nicely :)
PHRASE
バカにする。からかう。
to say something to try to make someone look silly
to take the piss (out of someone)
● £10 for a burger - that’s taking the piss!
● His friends were taking the piss out of him.
a peddler
NOUN
行商人
tactile
ADJ.
If you describe someone as tactile, you mean that they tend to touch other people a lot when talking to them.
● The children are very tactile, with warm, loving natures.
Something such as fabric which is tactile is pleasant or interesting to touch.
● Tweed is timeless, tactile and tough.
to pledge
VERB
to promise to do something firmly.
● I pledge to (=am going to) stop being afraid of what others think.
schizophrenia
/skitz - uh - FREH - nia/
NOUN
統合失調症
● I heard that most of people with schizophrenia have sleep disruption… I might be wrong though.
cursive
ADJ./NOUN
written with the character joined, or that writing style
● You can write faster in cursive.
● It’s hard to read cursive writing.
bring something to the table
PHRASE
to provide something that will be a benefit:
● Clarkson was the right person to hire – she brings a lot of experience and some important skills to the table.
My sense of time is off.
PHRASE
時間感覚がおかしい
● Since the summertime started, it’s still so light at 8 o’clock… My sense of time is off!
a laureate
NOUN
a person who has been given an important job or a prize because of an achievement in a particular subject:
● a Nobel laureate
‘Children’s Laureate’ is a position initially awarded in the United Kingdom once every two years to a “writer or illustrator of children’s books to celebrate outstanding achievement in their field.”
crackling fire
PHRASE
● The sound of crackling fire
wholesome
ADJ.
（心身ともに）豊かな
● Grandpa Shibasaki’s daily life is so wholesome and gives me peace when I watch it.
● I finally have a wholesome lifestyle now.
droppings
NOUN
The excrement of animals.
● Be careful when you walk in the meadows. There might be cow droppings.
it’s only so long before…
PHRASE
…するのは時間の問題だ・そう経たないうちに…してしまうだろう。
● it’s only so long before the truth will come out
● it’s only so long before the sun comes out
———————————————
Q.
そうたたないうちに、なら「It’s only so short」じゃないの？
A.
When we say “so long” in this phrase, we’re not talking about a specific length of time. Instead, it’s like saying “a certain amount of time” without saying exactly how much.
This phrase suggests that something will happen after a period of time, but it doesn’t specify whether that time is short or long. It’s just saying that it will happen at some point.
自分で課した
ADJ.
self-imposed
● I’m working on a self-imposed project.
SYN: self-assigned
to lose balance
PHRASE
use “fall”
to fall out of balance (with sth and sth)
● After taking on too many commitments, Sarah found herself falling out of balance with her work and personal life.
come upを違う動詞を使って言える？
PHRASAL VERB
to crop up
to happen or appear unexpectedly: =come up
● Her name keeps cropping up in conversation.
The phrasal verb “crop up” is often used to refer to something that happens unexpectedly or appears suddenly. While “come up” can have a similar meaning, “crop up” is typically used in more specific contexts, often involving issues or situations that arise without warning. Here are some contexts where “crop up” might be more appropriate:
●Unexpected Issues: “Some problems cropped up during the project that we didn’t anticipate.”
●Incidents or Events: “Several questions cropped up during the meeting that we need to address.”
●Regular Occurrences: “Distractions crop up all the time when I’m trying to focus on my work.”
ーーーーーーーーーーーーー
cropは「切り取る」などの意味のはず…疑問に思って語源を調べた！
→17世紀にWest Midlandsの炭鉱夫が「岩層（Rock strata)が表面に出てくる」という意味で使っていたことからきているらしい。
「（先っぽを）切り取る」のイメージから「先っぽが出てくる」みたいな意味につながるのかな？
めっちゃ
ADV.
big time
If you do something big time, you do it to a great degree:
● “How was the interview?” “Terrible, I messed up big time.”
● Chrissy’s into skiing big time (= likes skiing a lot).
ーーーーーーーーー
Q.「I like skiing a lot 」と何が違うの？
A.
“A lot” = I like it very much (in a neutral way.)
“Big time” = I like it very much (with an extra layer of emphasis and informality, indicating a deeper level of passion or enthusiasm.)
to bring to mind
PHRASE
to make you remember something.
● That music brings to mind our first date.
Secular
ADJ.
not having any connection with religion
so much so that
to such an extent that.
“I was fascinated by the company, so much so that I wrote a book about it”
Polytechnic university
総合技術大学、工科大学
