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truce [C] an agreement between enemies to stop fighting or arguing
for a short time, or the period for which this is arranged:
call/declare a truce(=announce a truce)
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朝寝坊してしまいました。orz
午後5時過ぎからの仕事で消耗してしまいました。
本日は早めに寝ます。

英検1級対策

休みます。orz



seed [C] a small hard object produced by plants, containing an embryo
from which a new plant grows:
plant/sow seeds Sow the seeds one inch in the soil.

sprout [C] [usually plural] a new growth on a plant [syn] shoot

bean sprout [usually plural] a small stem that has just started
growing from a bean seed, eaten as a vegetable 

stem [C] a long thin part of a plant, from which leaves, flowers, or
fruit grow: roses with long stems

branch [C] the part of a tree that grows out from the trunk(=main stem)
and has leaves, fruit, or smaller branches from it:
There were only a few leaves on the lower branches.

この手の名詞は英英辞典だとまどろっこしいですわ。

定期購読

休みます。

Quotations

If only we could go back to Moscow! Sell the house, finish with
our life here, and go back to Moscow.

[Anton Chekhov, 1860-1904]


Good bye.