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2014年度第3回英検1級 Countdown 12

lax not strict or careful enough about standards of behavior, work,
safety etc [syn] slack: lax in (doing) sth
The company has been lax in carrying out its duties.

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オリエント急行殺人事件』2日にわたって見ましたが,期待はずれでした。
あの内容ならば,別に三谷幸喜さんでなくても良かったような気がします。
劇中で,「いろは殺人事件」が言及されていたので,『ABC殺人事件』で,
是非,汚名返上して欲しいですわ。

英検対策(実質休み)

腰痛がひどいので,聞き流し系の教材で,お茶を濁します。orz
この単語集,きちんと改訂されていないんですわ。
その上に,前にブログで書いたように,サジェストペディアは怪しいですし(笑)。

宮野智靖著『英検1級に必ず出る英単語922と英熟語597 』こう書房,2007年。

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ラジオ英会話 (January 13, 2015)

Dental Emergency

crown an artificial top for a damaged tooth
clown someone who often makes jokes or behaves in a funny way

come off (sth) to become removed from something:
The label had come off, so there was no way of knowing what was on the desk.


fit sth/sb <-> in to manage to do something or see someone, even though
you have a lot of other things to do [syn] squeeze sth/sb <-> in:
The doctor said he can fit me in at 4:30.
I wanted to fit it in a swim before breakfast.


Enjoy Simple English (January 13, 2015)

True Story: Changing School Lunches  

NeverSeconds is a blog created and run by Scottish schoolgirl Martha Payne.
On it, she logs her thoughts and experiences of eating school meals
at her primary school in Lochgilphead.
(from Wikipedia)

NeverSeconds blogger Martha Payne school dinner photo ban lifted
A controversial ban preventing a nine-year-old girl from photographing
her school meals has been lifted following a storm of protest on the internet.
(from BBC News)

My blog is being read all over the world and some people have said I am very lucky
to have lunch at all. They are right. Lots of readers have asked how they can support
Charity Children but because I can't make enough felt soaps it is best if you support
Mary's Meals directly.
(from JustGiving)

Mary's Meals is an international movement that sets up school feeding projects
in communities where poverty and hunger prevent children from gaining an education.
(from http://www.marysmeals.org)

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