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第183回 TOEIC Count Down 12

gloomy making you feel that things will not improve [syn] depressing 
[opp] bright: The report paints a gloomy picture of the economy.
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やっとTOEICの受験票が届きました。会場は千葉商科大学です。
そして,10月のTOEIC公開試験,申し込みました。もう一度,遅刻部屋に当たりたいのですが,
どうでしょうか。

北海道銀行ソチ五輪最終予選に出場決定。かなり厳しいけれど,是非,3度目のオリンピックの
切符をとってください。

韓流公式5-1(Part 1-Part 6)

リスニングで全然英語が頭に入ってこなかった。7月のL390は実力かもしれない。

Listening 83/100 (8/10, 21/3031/40, 27/30, 27/30) 

Reading  47/52 (35/40, 12/12)

ラジオ英会話(2013年9月17日分)

distant unfriendly

give sb the cold shoulder informal to deliberately ignore someone or be
unfriendly to them, especially because they have upset or offended you 

It's all in your head. 「気のせいだよ」;英和辞典でしか見つけられず。

on your/sb's mind if something is on your mind, you keep thinking or 
worrying about it

英語5分間トレーニン(2009年9月17日分ロールプレイ)

A: I feel stiff in the shoulders.
B: Why don't you try improving your posture?
A: You're right. I tend to slump forward when I sit.
B: It's simple: stomach in, shoulders back, chest out.

stiff if someone or a part of their body is stiff, their muscles hurt and 
it is difficult for them to move:
I never felt stiff after training until I was in my thirties.

slump also be slumped if your shoulders or head slump or are slumped,
they bend forward because you are unhappy, tired, or unconscious

A: Don't lean over the balcony railing like that?
B: I'm just looking down at the pool.
A: If you lean any further, you're going to fall into it.
B: You sound like my mother when I was a child.

A: How do you like the scrambled eggs?
B: They're wonderful. Where did you get them?
A: In our backyard chicken coop.
B: Oh, I see. You keep chickens.

coop a building for small animals, especially chickens


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