proclivity a tendency to behave in a particular way, or to like a particular
thing - used especially about something bad: her sexual proclivities
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今日でラジオ英会話ひと休み，明日で英語リスニング入門ひと休み。TOEIC公開試験前
最後の週末でひとがんばりしたいところですわ。
ラジオ英会話(2013年11月8日)
weekly reviewの音声はほんと速いよね。このレベルまで，きちんとリスニングできるようになれば，
いいのだが。(復習なのでリスニングできているけど，はじめてのコンテンツだと無理ですわ)
buck informal a US, Canadian, or Australian dollar:
He owes me ten bucks.
；英語リスニング入門で調べたばかりなのに，忘れていました。
fork out (sth) informal to spend a lot of money on something,
not because you want to but because you have to:
[+for/on] We don't want to fork out for an expensive meal.
grand informal plural grand a thousand pounds or dollars:
The car cost him fifteen grand.
rip-off informal something that is unreasonably expensive:
The meal was a rip-off and the service was appalling.
appalling very bad [syn] atrocious:
The weather was absolutely appalling.
atrocious extremely bad [syn] awful: atrocious weather
His singing was atrocious.
英語５分間トレーニング(2003年11月8日)『ファックス」に関する表現
Would you fax me the map later?
My phone and fax numbers are the same.
The fax wasn't sent properly.
This fax has some blurry spots.
blur to become difficult to see or to make something difficult to see,
because the edges are not clear:
Many of the details in the picture are blurred.
blurry adj a few blurry photos of their holiday
blurred adj unclear in shape, or making it difficult to see shapes
This fax machine can make copies.
This fax machine often jams.
jam[I,T] also jam up if a moving part of something jams, or if you jams it,
it no longer works properly because something is preventing it from moving
Do you want me to send it by e-mail or fax?
杉山一志著『杉山式究極の音読プログラム[初級コース]』国際語学社，2013年4月。
chapter 8 「バケーションの楽しみ」
Have you ever wondered why people are so anxious to take their vacations abroad,
and why they return home feeling so refreshed?
It is because they encounter very different cultures from the one they left behind.
anxious feeling strongly that you want to do something or want something
its image.
encounter to experience something, especially problems or opposition
leave sb/sth <-> behind to not take someone or something with you
when you leave a place
英語リスニング入門(2003年4月30日Autumn Leaves)
binoculars a pair of special glasses, that you hold up to your eyes to
look at objects that are a long distance away [syn] field glasses
fur the thick soft hair that covers the bodies of some animals, such as
cats, dogs, and rabbits
loon
a large North American bird that eats fish and that makes a long high sound
informal a silly or strage person - used humorously
Listen and Fill in Blanks
fursが書き取れず
Words and Expressions
guys あなたたち
複数形guysは男性を意味するとは限らず，男女に関係なく使える。
guys [plural] AmE spoken used when talking to or about a group of people,
male or female: Hey you guys! Where are you going?
go and get 取りに行く
取りに行くという日本語を直訳すると，go to getとなりそうだが，実際には，goと次の動詞をつなぐ
言葉として，andが自然な表現。ただし，goes, wentなどの場合は，toでつなぐ。
Sounds and Sound Changes
Step by Step
「ア」に聞こえがちな音(5)と(6)
Quiz 1/3
In Context
・get themのくずれ themの出だしの音が完全に消えると，[t]の後に母音が続くことになり，
getの[t]はラリルレロの出だしの音に近くなる。
・tooの聞こえ方 [u:]の母音の出だしの部分に日本語の「オ」に近い響きが少し加わることがある。
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