sweet If you describe someone as sweet, you mean that they are pleasant, kind, and gentle toward other people. He was a sweet man but when he drank he tended to quarrel. ---------------------------------------------------------------- UEFA…

お台場での上映もあともう少し。パンフレット，無事受け取れました。 にゃもし

本日は，ボスの都合もあり，オフィスは早じまいという予定外のことになりまして， かなり早く，お台場に向かうことになってしまいました。有楽町線で豊洲に出て， そこから東京テレポート駅行きの都営バスに乗りました。 そそっかしく，バスの停留所をフジテ…

call If someone in authority calls something such as a meeting, rehearsal, or election, they arrange for it to take place at a particular time. We're going to call a meeting and discuss how we can work with other groups. ------------------…

breakthrough A breakthrough is an important development or achievement. The company looks poised to make a significant breakthrough in China. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 乾選手，同点弾の決定機もゴールな…

allergy If you have a particular allergy, you become ill or get a rash when you eat, smell, or touch something that does not normally make people ill. Food allergies can result in an enormous variety of different symptoms. ----------------…

premiere The premiere of a new play or movie is the first public performance of it. Four astronauts visited for last week's premiere of the movie Space Station. ---------------------------------------------------------------- TOKYO CITY GI…

stoked If you are stoked about something, you are very excited about it. The kids were happy, the crowds were stoked. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 明日のプレゼンを前に，バタバタしております。 実践ビジネ…

buzzword A buzzword is a word or expression that has become fashionable in a particular field and is being used a lot by the media. Biodiversity was the buzzword of the Rio Earth Summit. god If someone plays God, they act as if they have u…

come down with If you come down with an illness, you get it. Thomas came down with the chickenpox. chickenpox Chickenpox is a disease which gives you a high temperature and red spots that itch.(水痘) ---------------------------------------…

hard-pressed If you will be hard-pressed to do something, you will have great difficulty doint it. This year the airline will be hard-pressed to make a profit. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 飲んだくれて，…

pestilence Pestilence is any disease that spreads quickly and kills large numbers of people. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 今日は朝，シェイバーを落としてしまい，刃の方から落下して，凹んでしまい， 買い替え…

order A machine or device that is out of order is broken and does not work. Their phone's out of order. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 日曜日始まりのカレンダーをめくって，12月にしてしまいました。 今年もも…

satiate If something such as food or pleasure satiates you, you have all that you need or all that you want of it, often so much that you become tired of it. The dinner was enough to satiate the gourmets. ----------------------------------…

startle If something sudden and unexpected startles you, it surprises and frightens you slightly. The telephone startled him. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 増田有華さん，12月3日お台場で舞台挨拶に参加する…

snow Snow consists of a lot of soft white frozen water that fall from the sky in cold weather. Six inches of snow blocked roads. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 雪に強いはずの北総鉄道，遅延。orz 54年ぶりだ…

新形式でのアビメの詳細についてはよく理解していないのですが， 推測を交えながらの自己分析をします。 私の受験したフォームは，TEX加藤先生のブログでいうところのフォーム１でした。 リスニング L1 (12/16) + L3 (11/15) = PART1/2 (23/31) L2 (22/22) +…

BLOGでいつも有益な情報を提供してくださるTEX加藤先生，ならびに データを提供してくださる皆様に感謝いたします。 新形式になって，はじめて，リスニングの換算表を作成してみました。 リーディングはデータ数が少ないのと都合が良い数字がほとんどないた…

stroke A stroke of luck or good fortune is something lucky that happens. It didn't rain, which turned out to be a stroke of luck. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 昨晩，慌てて，増田有華さんの壁掛けカレンダー…

compact Compact things are small or take up very little space. You use this word when you think this is a good quality. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 飲み会があると夜の更新が難しいので，お昼に。。。 今朝…

let-down also letdown A let-down is a disappointment that you suffer, usually because something has not happened in the way in which you expected it to happen. The band's performance that night at the Seattle Center Coliseum was a letdown.…

clash When people clash, they fight, argue, or disagree with each other. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 本日，TOEIC L&R公開テストを受験なされた皆様，お疲れ様でした。 昨晩のATP WORLD TOUR FINALS, 準決勝のマ…

surrender If you surrender something you would rather keep, you give it up or let someone else have it, for example after a struggle. Nadja had to fill out forms surrendering all rights to her property. ------------------------------------…

TOHOシネマズ渋谷４階スクリーン４にて，開催されました。 席は指定席でD2でした。恐らくお隣の女性は増田有華さんのファンのはず。 勘違いして，会場設置前に勝手に席について，明日のTOEICのリスニングの PART2の音声を聞いていました。勘違いとはいえ，す…

試験前日に届きました。 リスニング，リーディングともに１００％の項目があるのですが。。。orz にゃもし

hermit A hermit is a person who lives alone, away from people and society. I've spent the past ten years living like a hermit. ---------------------------------------------------------------- メチャクチャ眠いので，テニス観戦に備えて，仮眠…

apostasy If someone is accused of apostasy, they are accused of abandoning their religious faith, political loyalties, or principles. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Tokyo City Girl-2016-のイベント，まだ，…

chaos Chaos is a state of complete disorder and confusion. The world's first transatlantic balloon race ended in chaos last night. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 青山学院大学地球社会共生学部の甥が12月10日…

リスニングのPART２が25問中15問ぐらい怪しい状態だったので， 450点割れは覚悟していたのですが，むしろ問題はリーディングで 旧形式では450点を超えるのが普通の感覚だったのが，最近では， やっとこさという感じです。日曜日が思いやられるわけですわ。 …

forsake If you forsake someone, you leave them when you should have stayed, or you stop helping them or looking after them. I still love him and I would never forsake him. ---------------------------------------------------------------- サ…