bleak cold and without any pleasant or comfortable features:
a bleak January afternoon
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正午から新宿の中華料理店で開催される忘年会に出席するため，
今日も５分間トレーニングのみ。寒いので，付き合っても二次会までの予定。
I'm going to make some coffee.
Want a cup?
You like it with milk, right?
coffee
[U] a hot dark brown drink that has a slightly bitter taste:
Do you like your coffee white (=with milk) or black (=without milk)?
[C,U] a cup of coffee
over coffee dinner guests chatting over coffee (=while drinking coffee)
Want a sip?
Want a taste?
；最近，TOEICのPart 2で，cream and sugar.に出会わなくなった気がする。
I'd help if I could.
But I'm afraid there's nothing I can do.
My hands are tied by the rules and regulations.
；こんなこと言わなくちゃいけない状況に置かれたくないよなあ。
be tied to/by sth to be restricted by a particular situation,
job etc, so that you cannot do exactly what you want:
Many women felt tied to the house.
I'd tell her the truth if I could only work up the courage.
work up enthusiasm/interest/courage etc to make yourself feel
interested, brave etc [syn] summon
summon also summon sth up to try very hard to have enough of something
such as courage, energy, or strength, because you need it:
OJiM had to summon the energy to finish the race.
にゃもし
