persevere to continue trying to do something in a very determined way
in spite of difficulties - use this to show approval:
It can be tricky at first, but persevere.
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中途半端な感じで，TOEICの公開試験に突入しそうです。
ラジオ英会話(2013年11月15日)
Weekly Review
先週に比べると，予習の段階で埋められないブランクの数が多かった。
That's a deal that I can't pass up.
pass sth <-> up to not make use of a chance to do something
pass up a chance/opportunity/offer
I don't think you should pass up the opportunity to go to university.
You don't see deals like that every day.
英語５分間トレーニング(2009年11月15日)「犬・猫」に関する表現
；気付かずに，ずっと2003年と表記していた。
The dog next door always barks at me.
She's a dog person.
The whining of stray cats is so loud I can't sleep.
That cat scratched my face.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
Some people like dogs and others like cats.
When the cat's away, the mice will play.
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 15 「幸・不幸は誰が決める？」
Some people say that their school days were the happiest days of their lives.
They might be right, but I always look with suspicion upon those I hear saying this.
It is very hard to know whether or not one is happy now, and still harder to compare
the relative happiness or unhappiness of different times of one's life.
にゃもし
