undertake [T] to agree to be responsible for a piece of work, and start do it: Baker undertook the job of writing the report. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 昨晩は天王洲アイル銀河劇場『何者』観劇後，錦糸町…

mission a duty or service that you have chosen to do and be responsible for [syn] calling [syn] vocation: My new mission in life is to help educate others. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 昨晩はお酒の回りが…

ascetic living without any physical pleasures or comforts, especially for religious reasons: an ascetic Jewish sect ---------------------------------------------------------------- ワールドカップロシア大会の組み合わせが決まりました。 日韓…

home stretch the home stretch the last part of a race where horses, runners etc. go straight to the finish the last part of an activity or trip: New York's mayoral campaign hits the home stretch this week. ---------------------------------…

inane extremely stupid or without much meaning: an inane movie ---------------------------------------------------------------- 本日は寝坊してしまい，アーセナルの試合を観戦できませんでした。orz TOEIC L&R対策 休みます。 英検１級対策 休みま…

source [C] a person, book, or document that supplies you with information: All of your sources have to be listed at the end of the paper. My sources tell me you're about to resign. A reliable source in the Justice Department confirmed the …

lore [U] knowledge or information about a subject, for example nature or magic, that is not written down but that one person tells to another person: According to local lore, a the castle is haunted. ---------------------------------------…

draw lots to decide who will do something by taking pieces of paper etc. out of a container: We drew lots to see who would go first. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 朗読ミュージカル『カラフル』の先行抽選の…

windy with a lot of wind blowing: It's too cold and windy for hiking. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 午後10時よりWOWOWで『石つぶて』を見たあとに，アーセナルの試合を 観戦して，寝ます。 TOEIC L&R対策 休みま…

bowdlerize to remove the parts of a book, play etc. that you think are offensive: a bowdlerized edition of “Tom Sawyer” ---------------------------------------------------------------- 本日は気持ちよく，寝過ごしてしまい，起床時間が驚きの午…

moderate staying within reasonable or sensible limits: The doctor recommended moderate exercise. Trading on the stock exchange was moderate Friday. a moderate drinker (=someone who does not drink too much alcohol) -------------------------…

token [only before noun] a token action, change etc. is small and not very important, and is usually only done so that someone can pretend that they are taking important action: He faces only token opposition. The aid they're offering is j…

lose out to not win or get something that would be an advantage to you, because someone else gets it instead: lose out to sb Tierney lost out to Joan Crawford at the Oscars. lose out on sth Hurry, or you'll lose out on the low interest rat…

prayer [C] a strong wish or hope for something that you need or want: The job was the answer to all my prayers (=exactly what someone wanted or needed). I thought all my prayers were answered (=I thought I had gotten everything I wanted) w…

android [C] a robot that looks like a real person ---------------------------------------------------------------- 寒かったですわ。本日は亀有で『ブレードランナー2049』を見てきました。 朝一, 1,100yenで，ガラガラでした。すでにあらすじは知っ…

provision [C,U] a plan that will provide something that someone may need in the future: +for There is still no provision for a national toxic waste dump. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 明日は午後３時の打ち…

TOEIC L&R公開テスト受験の皆様，お疲れ様でした。 昨晩はノース・ロンドン・ダービーでアーセナルがまずまずの勝ち方をして， 気分が良かったのですが，ATP FINALS，まさかのフェデラー選手の敗退で， あまりのショックに仮眠できず，グダグダな感じで，マ…

providence a force that some people believe organizes what happens in our lives, especially what God want to happen ---------------------------------------------------------------- ATP FINALS，いよいよ準決勝。今年のテニス観戦もあと３試合と…

TEX加藤先生のブログにおけるフォーム２でした。 すでに報告のあるデータを利用しました。 [2017年11月１９日追記] その後，TEX加藤先生のブログに報告されたデータから初期の推計は 間違っていることが判明しました。お詫び申し上げます。m(_ _)m 後日，TEX…

run through sth to repeat something in order to practice it or make sure it is correct [syn] go through [syn] run over: I want to run through the speech one more time. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ATP FI…

last-ditch a last-ditch attempt/effort etc. a final attempt to achieve something before it is too late: a last-ditch effort to save the company ---------------------------------------------------------------- ワールドカップロシア大会，最後…

rapture [U] great excitement and happiness: He stared in rapture at his baby son. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ワールドカップロシア大会，オーストラリアが出場を決めました。 ニュージーランドも続いて欲しい…

misfortune [C,U] very bad luck, or something that happens to you as a result of bad luck: The banks profit from farmers' misfortunes. President Hoover had the misfortune to take office in 1929, when the stock market crashed. --------------…

wink at sth to pretend not to notice something bad or illegal, in a way that suggests you approve of it: Authorities have been winking at the health cod violations for years. ----------------------------------------------------------------…

完全に貯金を使い果たしました。 リスニングは辛うじて450点を超えていました。 リーディングは最近の鉄板スコアの435だったんですが， ココらへんのレンジに10点とびのポイントがあって， 恐らくもう１問多く正解できていたら，４４５点じゃないのかなあと …

jihad [C] a holy struggle to defend the Muslim faith against people, organizations, governments etc. who are believed to be against Islam ---------------------------------------------------------------- 本日は英検１級２次試験Ｂ日程でしたね…

pokey doing things very slowly, especially in a way that is annoying: My old pokey car can only go sixty miles an hour. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 今日は所謂「ポッキーの日」ですね。 ミラノのNext Gen AT…

berth [C] a place for someone to sleep in a ship or on a train ---------------------------------------------------------------- 今日はテニス観戦をした後に，本当に久しぶりに朝勉をしました。 ミラノのNext Gen ATP Finals，両グループとも３勝，…

bit by bit gradually: Bit by bit, our apartment started to look like a home. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ミラノのNext Gen ATP Finals，グループＡではヒョン選手の準決勝進出が 決まりました。こちらのグルー…

trial [C,U] a short period during which you use something or employ someone to find out whether they are satisfactory for a particular purpose or job: Call today for your free trial! --------------------------------------------------------…