stronghold an area that is strongly defended by a military group ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 今日は土曜日のプレゼンの最後の打ち合わせだったのですが，プレゼンター，心配ですわ。orz NHKラジオ講座 朝…

fall back into sth to go back to doing something or behaving in a way which you did before: I was amazed at how easily I fell back into the old routine. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 自宅では，Exce…

refreshing making you feel less tired or less hot ----------------------------------------------------------------------- TOEIC IP TEST，明治大学リバティタワーで受験してきました。 地下１階で法学部の学生さんと同じ教室でした。 帰りに一階の出…

detonate to explode or to make something explode ----------------------------------------------------------------------- もう明日は，TOEIC IPの試験当日ですわ。眠いので，すぐに寝ますわ。 NHKラジオ講座 ラジオ英会話 (December 5, 2014) Weekly …

fatal having a very bad effect, especially making someone fail or stop what they are doing: fatal mistake/error Telling your employees they're unimportant is a fatal error. ------------------------------------------------------------------…

deviate to change what you are doing so that you are not following an expected plan, idea, or type of behavior ----------------------------------------------------------------------- TOEICの受験票が届きました。会場は千葉商科大学でした。 受…

gripe informal something unimportant that you complain about [syn] complaint: My main gripe was the price of refreshments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ポストにハガキが入っていたので，TOEICの受験…

home stretch the last part of an activity or journey ----------------------------------------------------------------------- masu maniファンクラブ限定カレンダー，申し込みました。 NHKラジオ講座 ラジオ英会話 (December 1, 2014) Supercentenari…

今日の英語学習のエントリーには，NHKラジオ講座教材の１２月号の画像を載せる予定なので， 独立させました。 にゃもし

prudence a sensible and careful attitude that makes you avoid unnecessary risks: financial prudence ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 午後には熱は下がったのですが，明日から３日間ぐらい，根を詰めた作業…

熱発により，DIVAの解散ライブ，握手会第１部は欠席します。 幕張メッセまでは１時間あれば，到着するので，体の具合を見て， 握手会第３部・第４部に駆けつけるかもしれません。 残念ですわ。orz にゃもし

feel if a situation, event etc feels good, strange etc, that is the emotion or feeling that it gives you ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 明日の解散ライブは，8:30受付開始，9:30開場，10:30開演で，７時…

tired feeling that you want to sleep or rest ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 今日は朝寝坊をしてしまい，目が覚めたら，午前７時を回っていました。orz 『幸福の黄色いハンカチ』冒頭の高倉健さんの食堂のシー…

あまりデータを集めることが出来ず，申し訳ございません。 Reading 4KIC27(Major)はRabbitさんが495ですが，アビメがわからず(お聞きしてもいいんですが)， TEX加藤先生のblogでの情報により，98以上としています。 4KIC27(56,64,50,59,61) 66.69/115 : 57.9…

expedient a quick and effective way of dealing with a problem: Moore escaped by the simple expedient of lying down in a clump of grass. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 熱っぽいですわ。直ぐに寝ますわ…

confine to keep someone or something within the limits of a particular activity or subject [syn] restrict: confine yourself to (doing) sth Yuka did not confine herself to writing only one type of poem. -------------------------------------…

sadder and/but wiser having learned something from an unpleasant experience: Yuka came out the relationship sadder but wiser. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 増田有華さんのmasu mani限定カレンダー，今…

fatten sb/sth <-> up to make a person or animal fatter: My parents are always trying to fatten me up. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Davis Cup，スイス初優勝。おめでとうございます。 スカパープレミア…

respite a short period of time before you have to do something that you do not like: We have a few days' before we have to pay them. この単語，２度めのはず。 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- TOEIC公開…

retake to take an examination again because you have previously failed it resit BrE to take an examination again, because you failed it or did not do well enough ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Davis…

珍しく土曜日に届きました。 平均スコアは受験者数が少ない時は高めなことが多いのですが， ５９３．６点(L 323.1, R 270.5)とリーディングが高めでした。 リスニングはかつてのアビメであれば，４００点そこそこの感じです。 リーディングは残念ながら，R3…

hold out sth to think or say that something is possible or likely to happen, especially something good ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 12月6日のTOEIC IPの受験票が届きました。だんだん教室が下へと移動…

rally to become stronger again after a period of weakness or defeat [syn] recover: The Tokyo stock market rallied later in the day. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 根性なしダラダラ派の私ですが，なん…

cause an organization, belief, or aim that a group of people support or fight for: her lifelong devotion to the cause of women's rights ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DIVAの記事が出ているというので…

dissolve to formally end a parliament, business arrangement, marriage etc: The monarch had the power to dissolve parliament. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- blog更新し忘れるとまずいので，仮眠前に更新…

depression a medical condition that makes you very unhappy and anxious and often prevents you from living a normal life: My father had suffered from severe depression for many years. --------------------------------------------------------…

本当にリスニングできなくなりましたわ。o.................rz 11月はキャンセルするかもしれません。 にゃもし

perseverance determination to keep trying to achieve something in spite of difficulties - use this to show approval: It took perseverance to overcome his reading problems. -------------------------------------------------------------------…

grit your teeth to use all your determination to continue in spite of difficulties: Just grist your teeth and hang on - it'll be over soon. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS, 錦織…

juggle to try to fit two or more jobs, activities etc into your life, especially with difficulty: juggle sth (with sb) It's hard trying to juggle a job with kids and the housework. ----------------------------------------------------------…