pretext a false reason given for an action, in order to hide the real reason:
[+for] The incident provided the pretext for war.
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蔵出しだから，多くは期待できないけど，一応録画。
ラジオ英会話(2013年12月5日)
[+on] Four people were arrested during a raid on a house in Tokyo.
arcade an amusement arcade: arcade games
arcade game a type of electronic game that was first popular in amusement
arcades (=a place where you play games by putting coins in machines) in
early 1980s, but is now usually played on a computer
uncover to find out about something that has been kept secret:
Customs officials uncovered a plot to smuggle weapons into the country.
smuggle to take something or someone illegally from one country to anther
wager old-fashioned to agree to win or loose an amount of money on the
result of something such as a race [syn] gamble
arrest when the police take someone away and guard them because they may
have done something illegal: The police made several arrests.
英語５分間トレーニング(2009年12月5日ディクテーション)
I wish I were a little younger.
a little slightly or to a small degree [syn] a bit:
a little more/better/further etc We'll have to wait a little longer to see
what happens.
I with I had that problem.
I wish my company was closer to the station.
I wish I hadn't drunk so much last night.
I wish I could've gone to see you in person.
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