misfire if a plan or joke misfires, it goes wrong and does not have
the result that you intended: I was worried that the plan might misfire.
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この後の３日間の状況で判断します。
『TOEFL ITPテスト学習スタートブック』Jリサーチ出版，2013年。
第１部セクション別傾向と対策。
『TOEFL TEST英単語スピードマスター』Jリサーチ出版，2006年。
「重要イディオム」のみ。
ラジオ英会話(2013年11月21日)
Black Friday is the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, often
regarded as the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. In recent years,
most major retailers have opened extremely early and offered promotional sales
to kick off the holiday shopping season, similar to Boxing Day sales in many
Commonwealth Nations. (from Wikipedia)
grab informal to get some food or sleep quickly because you are busy
[syn] snatch: Hang on while I grab a cup of coffee.
snatch to quickly get something, especially sleep or rest, because you do not
have very much time : I managed to snatch an hour's sleep on the train.
grub [always + adv/prep] informal to look for something on the ground or just
under the ground, especially by moving things around:
Jake got on the floor and grubbed about under the desk.
for the life of me at all; even one little bit. (Used with a negative.)
I can't for the life of me climb up a mountain.
Misery loves company!
Prov. Unhappy people like other people to be unhappy too.
I should probably feel bad because my sister is so depressed, but I'm
pretty depressed myself. Misery loves company.
英語５分間トレーニング(2003年11月21日)ディクテーション
今日は暗唱しやすく，時間が節約できました。
Are they compatible enough to get married?
compatible two people that are compatible are able to have a good relationship
because they have similar opinions or interests
My salary is enough to live on now.
live on sth to have a particular amount of money to buy food and other
necessary things: I don't know how they manage to live on $77 a week.
That suitcase is too big to carry on.
The party was too formal to be any fun.
fun an experience or activity that is very enjoyable and exciting:
There's plenty of fun for all the family.
To be frank, this movie is a flop.
flop informal a film, play, product etc that is not successful [opp] hit:
The movie was a complete flop.
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 21 「150年前の事実」
A hundred and fifty years ago in Britain, life was very difficult if you were born
disabled or became disabled because of an accident or an illness. Medicine then
was underdeveloped, and there were a lot of children who caught various kinds of
diseases and became paralyzed or blind.
paralyzed AmE unable to move part or all of your body or feel it:
The accident left him permanently paralyzed.
英語リスニング入門(2003年5月12日Homecoming Part3)
Listen and Fill In the Blanks
dance, hoodが書き取れず。
Words and Expressions
make it to たどりつく
やっとのことでたどりつくという気持ちが入っている。
make it to succeed in getting somewhere in time for something or when this is
difficult: [+to] With blood pouring from her leg, she made it to a nearby house.
may ... but ～ たしかに・・・かもしれないが，しかし～
Yuka may be young, but she is quite capable.
Sounds and Sound Changes
Step by Step
「ウ」に聞こえがちな音(1) [u]
Quiz 3/5
In Context
・can'tの聞こえ方 最後の[t]は聞こえないことが多いが，母音がくずれずにはっきり
聞こえる場合は，否定形のcan'tであることが多い。母音がくずれて聞こえる場合は，
反対に肯定形のcanであることが多い。
・[n]+[s] [n][s]の音の連なりでは，その間に[t]が聞こえることが少なくない。
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