vex old-fashioned to make someone feel annoyed or worried
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カーリング女子準決勝は２試合とも接戦でいい試合でした。スイスのオットさん，逆転勝ちのチャンス
だったのに，残念でした。現在，アイスホッケー，ロシアvsフィンランドを観戦中。
ラジオ英会話(2014年2月19日)
treasure to keep and care for something that is very special, important,
or valuable to you:
Jim treasured the gold pocket watch that his grandfather had given him.
engrave to cut words or designs on metal, wood, glass etc:
engrave sth on sth Their names are engraved on a stone tablet.
engrave sth with sth a pendant engraved with a simple design
love someone that you feel a strong romantic and sexual attraction:
the love of your life(=the person that you feel or felt the most love for)
英語５分間トレーニング(2010年2月19日リスニング)
A: Listen! They're playing my favorite old pop song.
B: You say that with every old song you hear on the radio.
A: I listened to a lot of music when I was young.
B: Sometimes I wonder if you ever did anything else.
I hear that you're getting a master's degree.
It's amazing that you can study and work at the same time.
Where do you find the time to do it all?
My dad always talks about working his way through school.
But things are different now. It's so much more expensive now.
The reality is that you need loans and scholarships.
I'll never pay my tuition just by working part-time.
英語リスニング入門(2003年8月25日Presidents' Day)
Part 3
at any rate spoken used when you are stating one definite fact in a situation
that is uncertain or unsatisfactory [syn] anyway:
They've had technical problems - at any rate that's what they told me.
crowning used to describe something that makes something complete or perfect,
or is the best feature of something: his crowning achievement
own up to admit that you have done something wrong, especially something
that is not serious: Come on, own up. Who broke it?
own up to (doing) sth No one owned up to breaking the window.
Listen and Fill In the Blanks
put themしか書き取れず。helpがhaveに聞こえてしまった。orz
Words and Expressions
can't bear to ... とても・・・できない
can't bear sth spoken to be so upset about something that you feel unable
to accept it or let it happen
can't bear to do sth I can't bear to see her cry.
has got to ... ・・・に違いない
Sounds and Sound Changes
Step by Step
ラ行の音に聞こえがちな音(1)[r], (2)[l]
[r]は舌を後ろのほうに引いて作る音，[l]は舌を前にだして歯ぐきをなめて作る音。
[l]は，舌先で上の歯ぐきを少しなめて作る音。実際に音を出して，響きを覚える。
Quiz 3/3
In Context
(1) helpのくずれ [l]の音がくずれ，舌が歯ぐきにさわらないことがある。
(2) put themのくずれ themのアタマの子音がほぼ消えている。
にゃもし
