prologue [count] an introduction to a book, play, etc.
a brief, one-page prologue the prologue to his autobiography
- often used figuratively events that were a prologue to war
[=events that came before and led to war]
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下手な千葉県の会場よりも交通費は安くあがるので，良しとしなければなりません。
サッカーワールドカップアジア予選，韓国はカタール相手に星を落としました。
可能性があります。本当に雌雄を決する日韓戦が見たいんですわ。
ATPテニス，いよいよロジャー・フェデラー選手が芝シーズンから再始動。
シュツットガルトは，意外とクレー巧者が優勝しているイメージのある大会ですわ。
ウィンブルドンでのシードを有利にするためにも優勝して欲しいところですわ。
上位５人ではバブリンカ選手だけ，ウィンブルドンのタイトルがないので，
バブリンカ選手を第５シードがいいと思うのですが。。。
TOEFL ITP対策
Lesson 1-5
CBT用で問題文がTOEICと同じように先読みできてしまうので，問題の音声慣れを主眼として
やってみました。
TOEIC L&R対策
相澤俊幸著『TOEIC(R)TEST必ず☆でる音スピードマスター』Jリサーチ出版，2016年。
移動時，1.5倍速で聞き流し。
Enjoy Simple English
Rakugo At the Soba Shop (時そば)
「時そば」はIBCのラダーシリーズに収録されており，その前口上，気に入っています。
こんな感じですわ。
It is a cold winter evening. A man wants to eat a bowl of soba.
He looks inside his wallet and finds he is 1 mon short.
But he has a quick mind and a great idea comes to him.
Soon he hears the cry of a soba noodle vendor.
In high spirits, he stops him.
(from Yukio Nakayama, Time Noodles and Other Rakugo Tales, IBC, 2008, p.3)
quick fast in thinking, learning, or understanding a quick mind/learner
ボキャブライダー
depressed feeling sad in a depressed mood
I've been feeling a little depressed [=(informally) down, blue] lately.
The rainy weather had her feeling lonely and depressed.
He was depressed about having to return to school.
blue sad or unhappy Are you feeling blue?
disappointed feeling sad, unhappy, or displeased because something
was not as good as expected or because something you hoped for or
expected did not happen
We were disappointed that they couldn't go.
Disappointed fans slowly left the ballpark.
I was disappointed to see that my suggestions had been ignored.
They were deeply disappointed by her lack of interest.
Don't be too disappointed if everything doesn't go as planned.
panic a state or feeling of extreme fear that makes someone unable
to act or think normally
[singular] He was in a panic when he realized how late he was.
There's no reason to get into a panic.
[noncount] The villagers fled in panic from the approaching army.
The crowd was in a state of panic.
She has panic attacks whenever she has to speak in public.
(medical) He was diagnosed with panic disorder. [=an illness that
causes someone to have frequent panic attacks]
近くの公園のベンチで食べました。なかなか美味でした。ニハチ蕎麦の由来が１６文から来ているというのは
本当なのでしょうか？？？
にゃもし
