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第183回 TOEIC Count Down 10

realignment when something is changed and organized in a different way
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英検1級,最終日に申し込み。
これまで習慣でTOEICの公開試験受けるときに,新しい教材を買っていたのだけれども,
今回は4冊も買ってしまった。リスニングの1冊だけ,明日から着手。
10月のTOEICの公開試験は,丸腰受験状態を余儀なくされるから,TOEICはこの数日が
踏ん張りどころだ。

韓流公式実戦1(Part 1-Part 6)

Listening 85/100 (8/10, 22/30, 26/30, 29/30) 

Reading  45/52 (33/40, 12/12)

Part 2, Part 5,ダメだ。リスニングは,薄っぺらい新教材を明日からやります。
日本語から入るもの,初めてだけど,大丈夫だよなあ。

ラジオ英会話(2013年9月19日分)

aurora borealis the Northern Lights
the Northern Lights  bands of colored light that are seen in the night sky
in the most northern parts of the world [syn] aurora borealis

(a bit of) a mouthful informal a long word or phrase that is difficult to say:
Her real name is a bit of a mouthful, so we just call her Dee. 

earful An abundant or excessive amount of something heard, 
such as talk or music. (from The Free Dictionary:The American Heritage 
Dictionary of the English Language)

bucket list A list of things to do before you die. 
Comes from the term “kicked the bucket”.
I need to remember to add skydiving to my bucket list.
kick the bucket old-fashioned to die

What's stopping you (from doing something)? INFORMAL 
used for asking why someone does not do something

put your foot down to say very firmly that someone must do something or
must stop doing something: You'll just have to put your foot down and
tell him he can't stay out on school nights.

英語5分間トレーニン(2009年9月19日ディクテーション「受動態」)

I wonder when this photo was taken.

English is spoken as an official language here.

Don't be fooled by false advertising.

A confirmation e-mail was sent to me right away.

What is this flower called in English?


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