Real Life English Flashcards
(357 cards)
Aficionado
熱狂的なファン
Make peace with
仲直りをする
After years of not speaking, Janie finally made peace with her sister.
Ally
味方
Someone who helps and supports someone else
アライ
He is generally considered to be the prime minister’s closest political ally.
Exhilarating
人を陽気にさせる、元気付ける
Making you feel very excited and happy.
My first parachute jump was an exhilarating experience.
Stagnant
Not growing or developing
経済などが停滞気味の、活気のない
Sometime when I feel my life is stagnant and not going anywhere, I will talk to my psychologist so I can Honestly reflect upon my situation.
Jobs become scarce in a stagnant economy.
Torment
ひどく苦しめる
Cause to experience severe mental or physical suffering
He was tormented by jealousy.
Permeate
To affect every part of something
思想などが広がる
On my wedding day, I hope my feeling of love and happiness permeate the church where I am getting married
Be drawn to
To attracted to
に惹きつけられる、魅力を感じる
Many people are intuitively drawn to this idea that nature can heal
Buy into
To believe something, especially the idea which many other people believe in
鵜呑みにする、まるごと受け入れる、信じる
I don’t buy into that
I don’t buy into what the mainstream media say
one and only
唯一無二の、たった一つの
There you go
何かを渡すとき
リアクションで、出来たね、その通りというとき
Lean into
変えることが出来ないネガティブなことを受け入れる
Recently he decided to lean into having red hair
Bear with me
ご辛抱ください、お待ちください
I’m new to this, so please bear with me until I get the hang of it.
Get the hang of
のコツを掴む
You will get the hang if it
Onset
開始、始まり、unpleasant
Irrelevant
見当違いの、的外れの
Not related to what being discussed or considered and therefore not important.
Irrelevant fact
These documents are largely irrelevant to the present investigation.
Arrogance
傲慢
The quality of being unpleasantly proud and behaving as if you are more important than, or know more than, other people.
Despite his limited experience, his arrogance led him to believe he was the most qualified candidate for the job.
Intense
ハードな、一生懸命さが必要な、真剣に取り組む必要がある
Intense people are very serious, and usually have strong emotions or opinions.
We had such an intense meeting in the morning that everyone looked tired afternoon.
Secretary to the president is really intense.
Deliberate
意図的に
Often of something bad intentional or planned
We made a deliberate decision to live apart for a while.
Emulate
見習う、模倣する
To copy something achieves by someone else and try to do it as well as they have
They hope to emulate the success of other software companies.
Officials are looking to emulate successful ideas from other cities.
Discipline
Training that makes people more willing to obey or more able to control themselves, often in the form of rules, and punishment if these are broken, or the behavior produced by this training
規律、躾
There should be tougher discipline in schools.
Strike up
To start to play or sing something
When the applause had died down, a band struck up the national anthem.
Insatiable
インセイシェボ
飽くなき
(Especially of a desire or need) too great to be satisfied.
Like so many politicians, he had an insatiable desire for power.
Nothing, it seemed, would satisfy his insatiable curiosity.
Inferior
Not good, or not as good as someone or something else
These products are inferior to those we bought last year.
Lower, or of lower rank
An inferior officer