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英検1級1次試験まであと11日

falter to feel doubt about doing something
He never faltered [=wavered] in his determination to go to college.
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本日,TOEFL ITPの申込みをしてきました。窓口だと後日,コンビニ決済なんですね。

BS Fujiで録画放送されるU20 WCのウルグアイ戦は明日,録画したものを
ヨーロッパリーグ決勝後に,観戦予定ですわ。延長に入らないことを祈りますわ。
頑張れ,アヤックス!!!

英検対策

ボキャビル

若桜木虔『“右脳”でラクに覚える英単語』青春出版社,2004年。

Chapter 4

ライティング

阿部清直監修『毎日ミニ模試英検1級』トフルゼミナール,2014年。

DAY 13の続き

リスニング

『英検1級リスニング問題ターゲット改訂新版』旺文社,2000年。

Part 2


Enjoy Simple English

Rakugo The Old Man and His Ghostly Servants

この落語(化け物使い),大好きです。


dust
to make (something) clean by brushing or wiping dirt and dust from the surface
[+ obj] He dusted the furniture.
- often + off or down She dusted the sand off her leg.
(US) He stood up and dusted himself off. 
= (Brit) He stood up and dusted himself down. 
[=he brushed the dirt/dust off his clothes]

紙の辞書では,dusted himself down . [=he brushed the dirt/dust off hisの部分が,
ページ跨ぎで,抜け落ちています。電子辞書版(mobi)で補足しました。新語を入れたにも関わらず,
総ページ数が変わらないのが不思議だと言われていたのですが,いたるところで,同じような
ことが起こっているのでしょう(Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary)。

[+ obj] to cover (something) with a fine powder
Dust the pan with flour.
The Police dusted the table for fingerprints.
[=they put a fine powder on the table so that any fingerprints could be seen]
The crops will be dusted with pesticide.

vacuum to clean (something) with a vacuum cleaner
[+ obj] I vacuumed [=(Brit) hoovered] the living room.
- often + up Vacuum up the crumbs on the couch.
[no obj] I just finished vacuuming.

scrub to rub (something) hard with a rough object or substance and often with
soap in order to clean it
[+ obj] She scrubbed the potatoes.
[no obj] We scrubbed and scrubbed until the floor was clean.
rub to move something (such as your hand or an object) back and forth along
the surface of (something) while pressing
[+ obj] Could you rub my shoulders? He blinked and rubbed his eyes.
The cat rubbed itself against my leg.
[no obj] The cat rubbed against my leg.
Don't rub too hard or you'll tear the paper.

polish [+ obj] to make (something) smooth and shiny by rubbing
He polished his shoes. She polished the silverware.

polishはTOEIC L&RのPart 1必須単語ですわ。

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