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iPhoneのガラスを割る!orzほか

iPhone SE(2nd Gen)のガラスを割る

ずっと腕の調子が悪かったので,強化ガラスを貼っていなかったのですが,
スコーと手の中から落ちて,ものの見事に,角が欠けてしまいました。orz

CNN 10

(CNN)May 10, 2022

As Victory Day is marked in Russia and Ukraine, different leaders voice very different views about the two nations' ongoing war.
On the road to an Alaskan resort community, a large landslide forces commuters to sail around.
And off the coast of New York City, efforts are under way to keep tabs on the whales that are prevalent in the area.

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東京湾にクジラが来たらすごいだろうなあと思っていたら,来ていました。

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エンジョイ・シンプル・イングリッシュ

Marie the Scientist
"Why do people spend so much money?"

big spender noun
: a person who spends lots of money
The restaurant gives the big spenders special treatment.

pink elephants plural noun
: hallucinations arising especially from heavy drinking or use of narcotics
began to see pink elephants
;本日の話とは関係のない意味ですが,こういう表現があるんですね。
(from Merriam-Webster)

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ニュースで学ぶ「現代英語」

中国“ゼロコロナ”政策 専門家の論文で波紋
CHINA'S TOP RESPIRATORY EXPERT SUGGESTS EASING 'ZERO-COVID' POLICY

respiratory adjective [before noun] MEDICAL formal or specialized
UK /rɪˈspɪr.ə.tər.i/ US /ˈres.pə.rə.tɔːr.i/
relating to breathing:
Smoking can cause respiratory diseases.

observer noun [C]
UK /əbˈzɜː.vər/ US /əbˈzɝː.vɚ/
C2 a person who watches what happens but has no active part in it:
observers of the political situation/political observers
UN observers are monitoring the ceasefire.

contain verb
UK /kənˈteɪn/ US /kənˈteɪn/
contain verb (CONTROL)
[T not continuous] to keep something harmful within limits and not allow it to spread:
Farms in the area have been closed off in an attempt to contain the disease.
More police were sent to help contain the violence.
(from Cambridge Dictionary)

NHK-BS『青春アドベンチャー

「かおる、ストーリーボックス」(2)『父の漢方茶」。
割りとあっさりしたテイストでした。

"STOP INVASION!"