増田有華さんを応援しながら英語学習+α

増田有華ファンが英語学習に悪戦苦闘する日記

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overawe to make someone feel respect or fear, so that they are nervous or
unable to say or do anything: He was totally overawed by his father.
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増田有華さんの来年のカレンダー,ファンクラブ限定で発売されるらしい。
今年のカレンダーは,一日たりとも,AKB48のメンバーではないのに,AKB48の刻印付きだ。

英語5分間トレーニン(2003年11月10日)モノローグ

Nice hat and jacket, Bob.
It makes you look cool.
It's the way the men used to dress in the old days.

Nice car you've got there.
Happy New Year! 

Did our cat sneeze?
Yes, look, she's sneezing.
Can cats be allergic to cats?

be allergic to sth informal if you are allergic to something, you do not like
it and try to avoid it - used humorously: Most men are allergic to housework! 

I have to go to the grocery store today.
Grandma doesn't feel well.
I'll puck up a few things for her.

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 10 「クローン羊ドリー」

ディクテーションに苦戦した。「英語リスニング入門」でやったばかりのstarとstirの聞き分けができず,
話が読めない状態になった。

I think that part of the issues about cloning is that many people just don't
understand what it is. They seems to mix it up with genetic alteration,
which is creating a stir. For example, after Dolly announcement, a survey was
taken in the U.S. asking people if they would eat the meal of a cloned cow:
Seventy percent said no.

stir a feeling of excitement or annoyance:
create/cause a stir Plans for the motorway caused quite a stir among locals.

mix sb/sth <-> up to make the mistake of thinking that someone or something is
another person or thing [syn] confuse, muddle up:
[+with] I always mix him up with his brother. They look so much alike.


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