somnolent making you want to sleep: a somnolent summer's afternoon
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復活！と，ミュージカルの宣伝をしていた。いよいよ，明日，初日だ。
英語リスニング入門(2002年8月14日分August Occasions)
Listen and Fill In the Blanks
greatたった一つしか書き取れず。
Words and Expressions
a couple of ～
two things or people of the same kind
a small number of things
that それほど
rabbit punch a quick hit on the back of the neck, done with the side of your hand
Rocky
the Italian Stallion
ともに音遊び部分の解釈なしです。
gallop if a horse gallops, it moves very fast with all its feet leaving
the ground together
skull the bones of a person's or animal's head
catch up to do what needs to be done because you have not been able to
do it until now: [+on] I have some work to catch up on.
poor spoken used to show sympathy for someone because they are so unlucky,
unhappy etc: You poor thing, you've had a hard time of it, haven't you?
sunburn red and painful skin that you can get from spending too much time
in the sun
parboil to boil something until it is partly cooked
Sounds and Sound Changes
could have，should haveのくずれ haveの[h]が脱落し，母音も弱くなる。
wouldn'tの聞こえ方 -dn-の部分では，母音が聞こえない。
heのくずれ heの[h]が脱落
強調のために子音をのばす発音 greatに強い感情が込められ，[r]が長めに発音されている。
英語５分間トレーニング(2009年8月2日分自動車に関する表現)
Fill it up, please.
This car has a very smooth ride.
smooth [only before noun] with no sudden movements or changes of
direction, especially in a way that is graceful or comfortable:
smooth flight/ride (=a comfortable trip in an airplane or car)
How many people will this car hold?
hold [not in progressive] to have the space to contain a particular
amount of something: The movie theater holds 500 people.
My car's airbag saved me from a serious injury.
This street is full of illegally parked cars.
We got stuck in a traffic jam.
I thought this car would get better gas mileage.
mileage the number of miles a vehicle can travel using a particular amount of fuel: The car's average mileage is 22.73 miles per gallon.
実践ビジネス英語(2013年4月25日分Accent Reduction Training)
have a good track record as
track record all of a person's or organization's past achievements,
successes, or failures, which show how well they have done something
in the past and how well they are likely to do in the future:
[+of] The fund has a good track record of investing in the equity market.
have just a trace of
trace a very small amount of a quality, emotion, substance etc that is
difficult to see or notice:
[+of] I saw the faintest trace of a smile cross Yuka's face.
the real test of
the true test of
can get it
get [not in passive or progressive] informal to understand something
New York, New York
昔，こういって，カクテルを作ってもらったことがある。
command of the language
command of sth knowledge of something, especially a language, or
ability to use something:
(have a) good/excellent/poor etc command of sth
Tommy's studied in the US and has a good command of English.
artificial intelligence
久しぶりにこの単語を聞いた気がする。
articulate each word
articulate (v.)to pronounce what you are saying in a clear and careful way:
Yuka was so drunk that she could barely articulate her words.
(adj.) able to talk easily and effectively about things, especially difficult
subjects [opp] inarticulate
as if something wasn't enought of
sordid involving immoral or dishonest behavior
spotty AmE good only in some parts, but not in other parts
garble To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from
the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt
(from Wiktionary)
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