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英検サンプルテストまであと9日

lose out to not win or get something that would be an advantage to you,
because someone else gets it instead:
Tierney lost out to Joan Crawford at the Oscars.
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ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS,錦織選手,残念ながら,ラウンドロビンで敗退。
フェデラーvs錦織戦はノックアウトラウンド方式のトーナメントでは味わえない
独特の雰囲気で,浮き沈みの激しいフルセットマッチでした。ジョコビッチ選手が
グループ2位で勝ち上がり,準決勝第1試合は,ジョコビッチvsナダル戦に決まりました。
準決勝第2試合でフェデラーと対戦するのは,マレー選手orバブリンカ選手,どちらなのか?

英検サンプルテスト対策

平成14年度第1回二次試験午前の部A/B/D

ラジオ英会話 (November 20, 2015)

not know the first thing about sth to not know anything about a subject, or
not know how to do something: 
My dad doesn't know the first thing about sports. 

do sth like mad informal to do something as quickly or as well as you can:
I ran like mad to catch up to his car. 

like crazy very much or very quickly: We ran like crazy to the bus stop.
These mosquito bites are itching like crazy.

take sth <-> on to start doing some difficult work or to start being responsible
for something  important: I've taken on far too much work lately.

to a tee perfectly: The beef was cooked to a tee.
(from Cambridge Idioms Dictionary)

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