panorama [C usually singular] an impressive view of a wide area of land: a stunning mountain panorama ---------------------------------------------------------------- 早朝，スワンジーvsアーセナル戦を寝床でiPadで観戦しました。途中から 専守…

extricate [T] to remove someone or something from a place in which they are trapped: Firemen extricated the driver from the wrecked car. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 3月11日のTOEIC L&R公開テストの申込み…

stricken very badly affected by trouble, illness etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 3月10日の明治大学リバティアカデミーのTOEIC IPテストを申し込みました。 帰りの総武線の御茶ノ水・秋葉原間で急停車があり，そ…

deceptive something that is deceptive is not what it seems to be: Their music has a deceptive simplicity (=it seems simple but it is not). ---------------------------------------------------------------- ＡＯ男子シングルス決勝，フェデラー…

朝は二度寝状態で午前８時半起床。コーヒーを飲みながら，朝刊に目を通しました。 朝食後，『千本ノック！』を２周め。今日の本番ではあまりヒット感覚は なかったのですが，昨日やった過去問模試や本日の韓国の解答速報を見た感じでは， いい感じのヒット感…

Part 1 1.He is working on a machine. 2.She is looking at some packages. 3.The man is talking to a server. 4.She is holding on to a handrail. 5.A travel bag is has been set on a chair. 6.A walkway is lined with benches. 1 C ~ working on a m…

deem [T not in progressive] to think of or consider something in a particular way [syn] consider: deem sth appropriate/necessary/ acceptable etc. Judges can give any punishment they deem appropriate. deem that Officials deemed that the ris…

mock [only before noun] not real, but intended to be very similar to a real situation, substance etc.: a mock combat mission ---------------------------------------------------------------- ＡＯ男子シングルス準決勝，ヒョン選手が足の指を痛…

long-awaited [only before noun] a long-awaited event, moment etc. is one that you have been waiting for a long time: the long-awaited sequel 今の作業が終了したら，読む予定の田中芳樹著『アルスラーン戦記』最終巻。 『タイタニア』もかなり前に…

rejoice [I] to feel very happy about something and sometimes to show this by celebrating: +at/over/in They were rejoicing over the birth of their first child. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 『相棒』300回記…

brilliant very successful: a long and brilliant career ---------------------------------------------------------------- 雪対策のおかげでＡＯのジョコビッチvsヒョン戦，最初から最後まで 見ることができました。ヒョン選手を必死に応援しました。韓…

雪が積もってきましたね。 大問１ 11/25 (8/21, 3/4) 大問２ 4/6 大問３ 5/10 TOTAL 20/41 大問３の５問正解のうち３問は最初のパッセージで，残りのパッセージでは １問ずつしか正解できませんでした。時間がかかった(中身が読めていない)ので， 正解率が低…

flub [T] to make a mistake or do something badly: Several cast members flubbed their lines. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 英検を受験した千葉工業大学からＡＯのディミトロフvsキリオス戦を 観戦するために急い…

昨日のアーセナルvsクリスタルパレス戦は前半4-0になった時点で， 観戦を終えて，本日に備えました。 午前7時半に起床。コーヒーを飲みながら，朝刊に目を通したあと， 朝食をとりました。慣らし運転的に，『集中ゼミ』の大問１を１セット やりました。8/25(…

mediocre not very good: the team's mediocre performance ---------------------------------------------------------------- ＡＯ，ロッド・レーバー・アリーナの第１試合が凄い試合となり，結局， １日５試合観戦という試験前日とは思えない観戦状況に…

slovenly dirty, messy, and careless: a fat slovenly woman ---------------------------------------------------------------- 増田有華さん出演予定のI Love Musical，マチネ公演はファンクラブ枠で 席が取れましたが，ソワレ講演は抽選で外れたので，…

slump [C] a period of time when a company, sports team etc. is not successful ---------------------------------------------------------------- ワイモバイルでiPhone SEを契約した関係で，２月からsoftbank光に 移行するんですが，たまたま，ワイモ…

photo finish [C] any competition in which the winner wins by only a very small amount: Polls show that Sunday's election will be a photo finish. ---------------------------------------------------------------- TOEIC L&R公開テストの受験票が…

smooth a system, operation, or process that is smooth operates well and without problems: The negotiations have hardly been smooth. ---------------------------------------------------------------- オーストラリアンオープンテニス，本日は大阪…

spectacular [C] an event or performance that is very large and impressive ---------------------------------------------------------------- 本日のオーストラリアンオープン，西岡選手，杉田選手ともにシード選手を 撃破して，２回戦に進みました。…

curtain raiser [C] a small event that happens or is done just before a more important event ---------------------------------------------------------------- 今日は朝から日本語とにらめっこ状態で，今年に入ってから，そんな状態ですわ。 これか…

lurch from sth to sth to have one serious problem after another and seem to have no plan and no control over what you are doing: The country's economy seemed to lurch from one disaster to another. ------------------------------------------…

fusty old-fashioned ideas or people that are fusty are old-fashioned: A number of young economists, impatient with such fusty arguments, began searching for new models. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ショ…

fussy too concerned or worried about small, usually unimportant details: I've become much more fussy about how I draw the chapters. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 英検の受験票が届きました。会場は千葉工業大…

a drain on sth something that continuously uses time, money, strength etc.: Owing this boat is a big drain on my finances. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 目がしょぼしょぼ，鼻水止まらず，早くも花粉症的状態…

公式認定証届いていました。 See you soon.

spaced out informal unable to think clearly or to pay attention to what is going on around you I was tired and feeling pretty spaced out. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 南風で一時的に暖かかったですわ。 昨…

spacey informal having as though you are not fully conscious of what is happening around you Cellen is spacey. セレンは夢のようなことばかり考えているんだよ。 例文はアルク英辞郎をパクりました(笑)。 ------------------------------------------…

moron [C] an insulting word for someone who is very stupid ---------------------------------------------------------------- Apple IDの復旧作業，とりあえず，13日後ということになりましたが， すごい日数かかるようで，本当に間抜けですわ。。。or…

unintended not planned or expected: The new law had some unintended results. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 昨日は所長と二人で新年会をして，飲み過ぎてしまい，本日は午前中は 静養モードに。orz 本日もテニス観…