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GW最終日,ゴムの日らしい?etc.

ゴムの日

語呂合わせ以上のことを見出すことができませんでした。
一般社団法人日本ゴム協会が存在するのですが,学会で,
「ゴムの日」に関与している様子はありません。

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fair adjective
UK /feər/ US /fer/
fair adjective (RIGHT)
B1 treating someone in a way that is right or reasonable, or treating a group of people equally and not allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment:
a fair trial
it's not fair Why should I have to do all the cleaning? It's not fair!
fair on It's not fair on Joe (= it is not right) to make him do all the work!
fair that It's not fair that she's allowed to go and I'm not!
fair to It's not fair to blame me for everything!
scrupulously fair with She's scrupulously fair with all her employees (= she treats them all equally).
fair comment UK She claims her article was a fair comment on (= a reasonable thing to say about) a matter of public interest.
fair deal He offered to do all the cleaning if I did all the cooking, which seemed like a fair (= reasonable) deal.

neck and neck idiom
C2 If two competitors are neck and neck, they are level with each other and have an equal chance of winning.
(from Cambridge Dictionary)

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本日分はYoutubeにはまだアップされておらず,公式サイトにて視聴しました。

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Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...It's about learning to dance in the rain.
(Vivian Greene: 1904-2003)