59 Flashcards
Gate lice
“Gate lice” is the unflattering name used to describe travelers who crowd the gate before boarding. These overeager passengers likely want to secure overhead bin space to prevent lost luggage
Excruciate
torment (someone) physically or mentally.
“I stand back, excruciated by the possibility”
Consensual
with the willing agreement of all the people involved:
The woman alleged rape, but Reeves insisted it was consensual.
consensual sex
pull the wool over someone’s eyes
deceive someone by telling untruths.
Similar:
deceive
fool
trick
Unrivaled
having no equal; better than any other of the same type:
The museum boasts an unrivaled collection of French porcelain.
intravenous drip
IV
点滴
Unfazed
not confused, worried
push ones luck
push one’s luck 〈話〉欲張ったことをする、図［調子］に乗る、悪乗りする、いい気になる
Get over yourself
stop thinking that you are so important; to stop being so serious. Just get over yourself and stop moaning! He needs to grow up a bit and get over himself. イイ気になるな
divvy up sth
to share something between a number of people:
They haven’t yet decided how to divvy up the proceeds from the sale.
canary in the coal mine
an early indicator of potential danger or failure.
“native brook trout are very much the canary in the coal mine for the health of a stream”
heartthrob
a rapid beat or pulsation of the heart.
If you describe someone, especially a man, as a heartthrob, you mean that they are physically very attractive, so that a lot of people fall in love with them.
Haven’t slept a wink
If you say that you did not sleep a wink or did not get a wink of sleep, you mean that you tried to go to sleep but could not.
Human branding
Human branding or stigmatizing is the process by which a mark, usually a symbol or ornamental pattern, is burned into the skin of a living person, with the intention that the resulting scar makes it permanent. This is performed using a hot or very cold branding iron. It 焼印
Slingshot
パチンコ
to push something or someone somewhere with a lot of force, or to be pushed somewhere with a lot of force:
The surfers used jet skis to provide them with the initial momentum to slingshot them onto the giant waves.
Still wine
As a general rule, still wines are dry wines. Still wines usually have an alcohol content that ranges from a minimum of 8.5º to a maximum of 14.5º. These wines can be white, rosé or red, but never sparkling. In other words, still wine is the traditional wine we all know,
Miss the boat
チャンスに乗り遅れるぞ
Qualified tenants
those that have a proven track record of financial responsibility and rule-abiding behavior, indicating their ability to pay rent and not damage the property.Sep
Fear-mongering
the action of intentionally trying to make people afraid of something when this is not necessary or reasonable:
“Fearmongering about vaccines is dangerous to all of us,” she said.
It can be difficult to separate the facts from the fear-mongering. 恐怖を煽る
Perpetuate
to cause something to continue:
Increasing the supply of weapons will only perpetuate the violence and anarchy.
The aim of the association is to perpetuate the skills of traditional furniture design.
Clamped down
to take strong action to stop or limit a harmful or unwanted activity:
The government is clamping down on teenage drinking.
しっかり固定する
Put a generous amount of
いっぱい塗って
Laying it over
広げて
Biophilia
The biophilia hypothesis (also called BET) suggests that humans possess an innate tendency to seek connections with nature and other forms of life. Edward O. Wilson introduced and popularized the hypothesis in his book, Biophilia (1984).[1] He defines biophilia as “the urge to affiliate with other forms of life”
バイオフィリア（生命愛）は、Stephen R. KellertとEdward O. Wilsonが提唱した概念・仮説であり、「全ての人は自然や生き物との結びつきを求める」とされています。
森を歩くだけで癒されたり、雨音や鳥のさえずりを聞くだけで心が落ち着いたりするのは、生まれながらに持っているバイオフィリアの作用によるものなのです。
Odds and ends
miscellaneous articles or remnants.
“we bought batteries for the radio and a few other odds and ends”
Similar:
bits and pieces. 野暮用
Pen
write or compose.
“Olivia penned award-winning poetry”
Strike a chord
If something strikes a chord, it causes people to approve of it or agree with it:
Their policy on childcare has struck a responsive chord with women voters.
Her speech struck a sympathetic chord among business leaders.
「strike a chord」は「共感を呼ぶ」、「心に響く」という意味の素敵な表現です。
ギターやピアノなどの「コードをを弾く」という直訳なので、「波長が合う」、「ピンとくる」、「シックリくる」というニュアンスがあります。
be chilled/frozen to the marrow
to be extremely cold
unfazed
not surprised or worried:
She seems unfazed by her sudden success and fame.
Faze
to surprise and worry someone:
No one is fazed by the sight of guns here any more.
unfathomable
impossible to understand:
For some unfathomable reason they built the toilet next to the kitchen.
Cot
a camp bed, particularly a portable, collapsible one.
“the homeless survivors were put up on army cots in the local high school”
Invisious
likely to cause unhappiness or be unpleasant, especially because it is unfair:
Such a difficult choice placed her in an invidious position.
Mortify
to make someone very embarrassed:
The thought of the incident still mortified her.
Synonym
humiliate
Motto
a short sentence or phrase that expresses a belief or purpose:
Her motto is “Work hard, play hard”.
Compare
slogancatchword
Resist the impulse
衝動を抑えろ
Puppy mill
an establishment that breeds puppies for sale, typically on an intensive basis and in conditions regarded as inhumane.
“they are urging a national boycott of pet stores that sell puppies bred in puppy mills”
J’accuse!
The accusation
Accusation
a statement saying that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal, or unkind, or the fact of accusing someone:
You can’t just make wild accusations like that!
drive a wedge between someone
to damage the good relationship that two people or groups of people have:
It doesn’t make sense to let things that happened in the past drive a wedge between us now.
