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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| inspire |
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This means "encourage someone by making them feel confident and eager to do something."
We need someone who can inspire the team.
He inspired many young people to take up the sport.
I hope this success will inspire you to greater efforts.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| buzz with 〜 |
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This means "be full of excitement, activities, etc."
The place was buzzing with journalists.
New York buzzes from dawn to dusk.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| facilitate facilitation |
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This means "make it easiler or possible for a process or activity to happen." (formal)
Computer can be used to facilitate language learning.
The new trade agreement should facilitate more rapid economic growh.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| eradicate eradication |
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This means "destroy or get rid of something completely, especially something bad." (=wipe out)
We are determined to eradicate rasism from our sport.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| abundant |
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This means "existing in large quantities, more than enough."
Fish are abundant in the lake. cf: Oranges are rich in vitamin. The area is rich in wildlife.
We have abundant evidence to prove his guilt.
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| 2007年12月20日(木) |
| superb |
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This means "of very good quality, excellent."
The car is in superb condition.
His performance was absolutely superb.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| perforate |
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This means "make a hole or holes through something."
The explosion perforated his ear drum.
a perforated line (=a row of small holes in paper, made so that a part can be torn off easily)
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| level out/off |
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This means "make something flat and smooth,
remain horizontal / stay at a steady level after sharp rises or falls."
Gas consumption is down by 30% a year, and peaks in consumption have been leveled out.
Sales have leveled off after a period of rapid growth.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| supplement |
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This means "add something , especially to what you earn or eat in order to increase it to an acceptable level."
She supplements her salary by tutoring in the evening.
He supplements his income with a side job /by moonlighting.
We supplement Vitamin C with lemons. cf: supplementary = additional
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| subject someone/something to 〜 |
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This means "make sb/sth experience, suffer or be affected by sth, usually unpleasant."
The city was subjected to heavy bombing. (offten passive)
The defence laywers claimed that the prisoners had been subjected to cruel and degrading treatment.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| reveal |
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This means:
1) make known something that was previously secret or unknown (=disclose, ⇔conceal)
He may be procecuted for revealing secrets about the security agency.
He revealed that he had been in prison twice before.
2) show something that was previously hidden. (=display)
The curtain opened to reveal the grand prize.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| test out |
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This means "use a machine, product, etc for a short time to see if it works in the correct way."
The Ferrari team wanted to test their new car out on the racetrack.
They tested this range of cosmetics out on animals.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| try out |
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Try out means:
1) test something such as a method or a piece of equipment to see if it is effective or works properly.
She enjoyed trying out new ways of doing things for the next show.
2) practise a skill in order to improve it.
She enjoyed trying her French out on Jean-Pierre.
Try out for means "compete for a position/place of something, a member of a team, a part in a play, etc.
They tried out for the school play. (CF: audition for, tryout)
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| flourish |
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This means:
1) develop well/quickly and be successful (=thrive)
Some businesses are flourishing even in the present economic climate.
2) grow well or be healthy and happy
Most plants will flourish in the rich deep soils here.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| premises (plural) |
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This means "the buildings and land that a shop, restaurant, company etc uses."
Schools may earn extra money by renting out their premises.
They rushed into the premises of the Consulate General.
Premise (countable) also means "a statement or an ides that forms the basis for a reasonable line of argument."
We will proceed with this project with the premise that there is a chance we will fail.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| have a green thumb (AmE) / have green fingers (BrE) |
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Both of them mean "Be good at making plants grow."
He has a green thumb and has the largest greenhouse of tomatoes in the neighborhood.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| now or never |
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It is used to say that if someone doesn't do something now,
they will not get another chance to do it.
It's now or never. / It is a now-or-never chance.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| enjoy (besides the normal meaning) |
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This means "have a particular ability or advantage."(formal)
These workers enjoy a high level of job security.
The magazine now enjoys a readership of more than 200,000.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| start from scratch |
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This means "begin something without using anything that existed or was prepared before."
We had to start again from scratch.
He built the business up from scratch.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| take the plunge |
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This means "decide to do something important or risky, especially after thinking about it for a long time."
We took the plunge and set up our own business.
The customers showcased in this magagine have already taken the plunge.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| improve on 〜 |
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This means "do something better than before or make something better than before."
We aim to improve on our market share in volume and percentage.
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| 2007年12月19日(水) |
| get 〜 going |
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Ih this phrase "go" means "move / work as something should do."
I couldn't get the pump/watch/machine going. (=make it work)
It is difficult to get the process again in a heap which is too wet.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| impetus |
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This means "something that encourages a process or activity to develop more quickly. (=stimulus)
He decided to put new impetus into marketing of fresh lettuce.
The debate seems to have lost much of its initial impetus.
The prime Minister's support will give (an) added impetus to the campaign against crime.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| depict |
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This means "describe something/someone in writing or speech" or "show them in a painting, picture etc."
This is a book depicting life in pre-revolutionary Russia.
The god is depicted as a bird with a human head.
The leaflet depicts a large diversity of men, women and children each energetically striding towards the viewer.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| embrace |
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This usually means "hug." It also means:
1) eagerly accept a new idea, opinion, religion etc. (formal)
West European countries have embraced the concept of high-speed rail networks with enthusiasm.
2) include something as part of a subject, discussion etc. (formal)
This course embraces several different aspects of psychology.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| produce (noun) |
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This means "food or other thing that have been grown or produced on a farm to be sold."
We sell tinned goods and fresh produce. (uncountable)
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| be on the line, put oneself/one's neck on the line |
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If something important is on the line, it means " there is a risk that you might
lose it or something bad could happen to it."
She knew that her whole future was on the line.
I've already put myself on the line for you once, and I'm not going to do it again.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| be in one's line (informal) |
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This means "be the type of thing that someone is interested in or good at."
Acting is not really in my line, I'm afraid.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| be in line for 〜 / to do something |
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This means "be very likely to get or be given something."
I should be in line for promotion soon.
He must be first/second/next etc in line for the editor's job.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| vine |
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Thisusually means a plant that produces grapes (=grapevine), and it also means " a plant
with long thin stems thatv attach thenselves to other plants, trees, buildings etc."
This tomato variety is a vigorous, generative plant that easily produces strong vines.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| span |
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This means "include all of a particular space/area or a period of time.
The tomato greenhouse spans 10 hectares under one roof.
His experience spanned not merely politics, but also bisiness and journalism.
His acting career spanned 55 years.
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| 2007年12月18日(火) |
| drive |
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This means "an organized effort by a group of people to achieve something."
This product suits today's drive for renewable resources ans recycled or composted materials.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| reap |
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This means "get something, especially something good, as a result of what you have done."
Those who do take risks often reap the benefit/reward/profit.
You reap what you sow.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| cutting edge |
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This means "the newest and most exciting stage in the development of something."
It is also adjective, used as "cutting-edge scientific discoveries."
This company claims to be at the cutting edge of Internet technology.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| catch on |
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This means "become popular and fashonable."
The idea of glasses being a fashon item has been slow to catch on.
It also means "begin to understand or realize something."
It was a long time before the police caught on to what he was really doing.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| translate to/into 〜 |
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If one thing translates into/to another, it means "the second thing happens as a result of the first"
or "the first thing means the same as the second."
A small increase in local spending will translate into a big rise in property tax.
1% more light translates to 0.8% higher production in tomato production.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| inhibit |
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This means "prevent something from growing / developing well or make it more slowly."
A lack of oxygen may inhibit brain development than normal.
An unhappy family life may inhibit children's learning.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| stagnate |
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This means "stop developing or making progress."
Growth is expected to stagnate next year.
If you do the same thing over and over again, it stagnates your creativity after a while.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| service (verb) |
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This means:
1) examine a vihicle or machine and repair it if necessary so that it continues to work correctly. (usually passive)
We need to have the car serviced. Make sure your boiler is serviced regularly.
2) provide people with something they need, such as shos/stores, or a transport system. (=serve)
The city is well serviced by a regular bus route into Oxford.
Schools service local communities.
3) pay interest on a debt
The company can no longer service its debts.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| stand out |
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This means:
1) be much better than other similar people or things
That day still stand out as the greatest day in my life.
Three of the cars we tested stood out from/among the rest.
2) be very easy to see or notice
The outlines of rooftops and chimneys stood out against the pale sky.
She always stood out in a crowd.
3) rise up from a surface
The veins stood out on his throat and temples.
4) be strongly opposed to an idea, plan etc.
We must stand out against bigotry.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| from where I stand (spoken) |
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This means "according to what I know or feel."
I knew from where I stood that the stocks were practically worthless.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| concurrent |
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This means "existing or happening at the same time" or "in agreement (formal)."
The exhibition reflected concurrent developments abroad.
My opiniona are concurrent with yours.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| correlation |
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This means "a connection between two ideas, facts etc, especially when one may the ccause of the other."
There is a direct correlation between the best-known brands and the best-selling brands.
There is a clear correlation between poverty and crime.
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| 2007年12月23日(日) |
| errand run an errand |
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This means "a job that you do for someone that involves going somewhere to take a message, to buy some something,
deliver goods, etc." Usually your boss/parents ask you to run an errand (errands).
He offten runs errands for his father. I have some errands to run.
Her boss sent her on an errand into town.
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| 2007年12月15日(土) |
| scenario (pl: scenarios) |
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This means "a description of how things might happen in the future."
The worst-case scenario would be for the factory to be closed down.
Under a likely scenario, world population will double by 2050.
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| 2007年12月15日(土) |
| launder |
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This originally means "wash, dry and iron clothes, etc" like freshly laundered sheets.
It also means "Move money that has been obtained illegally into foreign bank accounts
or legal business so that it is difficult for people to know where the money came from."
Most of the drug money was laundered through Swiss bank accounts.
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| 2007年12月11日(火) |
| vulnerable |
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This means "weak and easily hurt physically or emotionally.
Old people are particularly vulnerable to the flu.
The resignation of the financial director put the company in a vulnerable position.
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| 2007年12月15日(土) |
| longevity |
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This means "long life, the fact of lasting a long time." (formal) (Uncountable)
He prides himself on the longevity of the company.
The ancient Chinese claimed that garlic promoted longevity.
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| 2007年12月15日(土) |
| reflect |
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This means:
1) show the image of someone/something on the surface of something such as a mirror or glass.
His face was reflected in the mirror.
2) throw back light, heat, sound,etc from a surface.
When the sun's rays hit the earth, a lot of the heat is reflected back into space.
3) show or be a sign of the nature of something or of someone's attitude or feeling.
This newspaper aims to reflect the views of the local community.
His music reflects his interest in African culture.
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| 2007年12月15日(土) |
| imperative (formal) |
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This means "extremely important and neeing to be done or dealt with immediately." (=vital)
It is imperative that politicians should be good communicatoras.
It is imperative to meet face to face with the client.
It is also a noun of the similar meaning.
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| 2007年12月15日(土) |
| interchange |
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This means:
1) put each of two things/people in the other's place,
or be moved from one place to another in this way.
He interchanged the front and rear tyres of the car.
He interchanged the front tyres with the rear ones.
The front and rear tyres interchange (=can be exchanged).
2) share or exchange ideas, infomation, etc.
Cable technology will make it possible for us to interchange information on a rapid two-way basis.
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| 2007年12月8日(土) |
| transaction |
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This means:
1) a business deal or action, such as buying or selling something. (=deal) (countable)
The bank charges a fixed rate for each transaction.
2) the process of doing business (uncountable) (formal)
3) transactions (plural) discussions that take place at the meetings of an organization, or a written record of these.
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| 2007年12月8日(土) |
| breathtaking |
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This means "very exciting or impressive (usually in a pleasant way), very surprising."
The company underpined the breathtaking development achieved by the team.
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| 2007年12月8日(土) |
| acknowledge |
This means:
1) admit or accept that something is true or a situation exists.
He acknowledges that when he's tired he gets bad-tempered.
2) accept that someone/something has authority over people.
Both defendants refused to acknowledge that the authority of the court.
Many of the poor acknowledged him as their spiritual leader.
3) show someone that you have noticed them or heard what they have said.
He acknowledged her presence by a brief glance.
4) let someone know that you have received something from them.
I would be grateful if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter. |
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| 2007年12月8日(土) |
| recognize |
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This means:
1) know who/what someone/something is when you see/hear them because you've seen/heard them before.
I recognized her by her red hair.
2) admit or be aware that something exists or is true. (=acknowledge)
They recognized the need to take the problem seriously.
The drugs were not recognized as a problem then.
Nobody recognized how urgent the situation was.
We recognized that this solution could only be temporary.
3) Accept and approve of someone/something officially.
The UK has refused to recognize the new rerime.
4) be thought of as very good or important by people in general.
The book is now recognized as a classic. She is a recognized authority on the subject.
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| 2007年12月8日(土) |
| somehow or other |
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This means "in some way, or by some means, although you don't know how."
Though somethig is not right with this PC (=this PC is acting up), she is using it somehow or the other.
Maybe we could glue it together somehow or other.
It also means "for some reason that is not clear to you or that you don't understand."
Somehow, I just don't think it'll work.
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| 2007年12月1日(土) |
| as per 〜 (formal) |
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This means "according to 〜 or following 〜 that has been decided."
The work was carried out as per instructions.
As per usual/normal is used when something annoying happens which has happened before.
She was late, as per usual.
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| 2007年12月1日(土) |
| crop season cropping season |
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Crop season means "a period of time in a year during which fruit and vegetables are harvested."
Cropping season means "a period of time in a year during which fruit and vegetables
are grown/cultivateduntil the end of harvest."
April marks the end of the main crop season and tends to see a final break in prices.
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| 2007年12月1日(土) |
| shelf life |
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This means "the length of time a product, especially food, can be kept in a shop before it becames too old to sell."
This product is beyond its shelf life.
This battery's shelf life is longer than the old type.
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| 2007年11月23日(金) |
| stitch |
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This means:
1) sew two pieces of cloth together, or sew a decoration onto a piece of cloth.
She is stitching a bedspread.
The jersey has his name stitched onto/across the back.
2) get a deal or arrangement completed satisfactorily so that it cannot be changed.
The deal was stitched up in minutes.
3) a short piece of thread that has been sewn into a piece of cloth
or the action of the thread going into and out of the cloth. (noun)
4) a particular way of sewing or knitting that makes a particular pattern. (noun)
Purl and plain are the two main stitches in knitting.
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| 2007年11月23日(金) |
| discrepancy |
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This means "a difference between two amounts, details, reports etc that should be the same."
Police found discrepancies in the two men's reports.
There is a large discrepancy between the ideal image of motherhood and the reality.
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| 2007年11月17日(土) |
| be subject to |
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This means:
1) likely to be affected by something, especially sth bad.
Flights are subject to delay because of the fog.
2) depending on something in order to be completed or agreed.
The article is ready to publish, subject to your approval.
3) under the authority of something/someone.
All nuclear installations are subject to international safeguards.
As a diplomat, he is not subject to local laws.
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| 2007年11月17日(土) |
| advice (≒ information, notice) |
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This means "an official notice concerning a business transaction."
Advise of acceptance has been sent to you.
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| 2007年11月10日(土) |
| bale |
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This means "a large amount of a light material pressed tightly together and tied up."
Bales of hay/straw/cotton/wood
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| 2007年11月10日(土) |
| beneficiary |
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This means:
1) a person who gains as a result of something/gets advantages from an action or change.
Who will be the main beneficiary of the cuts in income tax.?
The rich were the main beneficiaries ob the tax cuts.
2) a person who receives money or property from someone else who has died.
She was the sole beneficiary of her father's will.
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| 2007年11月3日(土) |
| depreciate |
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This means:
1) decrease in value or price. (≠appreciate)
New cars depreciate in value quickly.
Shares continued to depreciate on the stock markets today.
2) reduce the value of something (=a particular asset) over time, especially for tax purposes.
Company computers are depreciated at 50% per year.
The bank depreciates PCs over a period of five years.
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| 2007年11月3日(土) |
| offset |
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This means "use one cost, payment or situation in order to cancel or reduce the effect of another."
If the cost or amount of something offsets another cost or amount, the two things have an opposite effect
so that the situation remains the same.
Cuts in prices for milk, butter and cheese will be offset by direct payments to farmers.
Prices have risen in order to offset the increased cost of the materials.
He was able to offset his travel expenses against tax. (BrE)
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| 2007年11月3日(土) |
| fit (=put or fix something somewhere) |
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This means "put a piece of equipment into a place, or a part onto a machine so that it's ready to be used."
Anti-theft devices are fitted to all the cars.
The windows are all fitted with security locks.
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| 2007年11月3日(土) |
| footing |
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This means:
1) the solid base of bricks, stone etc that is under a building to support it
to the ground. (=foundation) (usually plural)
Ex) footing foundation フーチング基礎, continuous footing 布基礎
2) the conditions or arrangements on which something is based,
or the basis on which something is established/organized.
The firm started the new year on a stronger financial footing.
The new law puts women on an equal legal footing with men.
They were demanding to be treated on the same footing as the rest of teachers.
The managed to get the business onto a more secure footing.
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| 2007年10月28日(日) |
| retain (=formal form) retention |
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This means:
1) keep something or continue to have something, and store or keep something inside something else.
You have the right to retain possetion of the goods.
A lot of info can be retained in the computer.
2) if you retain a lawyer or other other specialist, you pay them to work for you now and in the future.
We had to pay a retaining fee (=an amount of money to keep someone working for you.)
It's increasingly difficult to recruit and retain good staff.
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| 2007年10月21日(日) |
| marketable marketability |
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This means "easy to sell, attractive to customers or employers."
He is British football's most marketable commodity.
The program is designed to provide students with real, marketable skills.
Her marketability as a top model is increasing.
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| 2007年10月6日(土) |
| put on one's thinking cap |
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This means "try to think seriously about a problem in order to solve it."
Let me put on my thinking cap. / Let me put my thinking cap on.
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| 2007年9月22日(土) |
| wake up and smell the coffee |
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This is used to tell someone to recongnize (=become aware of) the truth or reality of a situation
especially when it is something unpleasant. (American, usually in orders)
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| 2007年9月22日(土) |
| keep an eye open/out for 〜, keep an eye on 〜, keep your eye on the ball |
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Keep an eye open/out for 〜 means "look for 〜 while you are doing other things."
Police asked residents to keep an eye out for anything suspicious.
Keep an eye on 〜 means "take care of 〜 and make sure that they are not harmed, damaged, etc."
We've asked the neighbours to keep an eye on our house while we are away.
Keep your eye on the ball means "continue to give your attention to what is most important."
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| 2007年9月22日(土) |
| unveil |
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This means "show or introduce a new plan, product, etc to the& | | |