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宇多丸師匠のラジオで『ブレードランナー』特集

monumental [only before noun] extremely large, bad, good, impressive etc.
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今日はプレミアリーグのサッカー観戦ととATP500バーゼルのテニス観戦を
ちゃんぽんで行います。宇多丸師匠のラジオは,ラジコで,タイムフリーで
明日,聞く予定ですわ。

WTA Finals,プリスコワ選手が負けたので,ハレプ選手の年末ランキングナンバーワンが
決定しました。上がり馬状態のガルシア選手に優勝してほしいと思っているのですが。。。

英語basic強化

岡田哲也・松園保則著『超基礎からのTOEFLテスト入門』旺文社,2014年。

Lesson 0/1/2



水曜日分の再放送を聞きました。

stretch [I,T] to bring your arms, legs, or body to full length:
Carl sat up in bed and stretched.
She stretched her arms and yawned.

bend [I always + adv./prep., T] to move a part of your body so that
it is not straight, or so that you are not standing upright anymore:
Bend your knees slightly.

raise [T] to move or lift something to a higher position, place, or level
[opp] lower: Stores may have to raised her glass to make a toast.
Roy's car raised a cloud of dust as her drove off.
I raised my hand to get her attention.

breathe [I,T] to take air into your lungs and send it out again:
My eyes began to sting, and I couldn't breathe.
People are concerned about the quality of the air they breathe.

高校生からはじめる「現代英語」

Lesson 26 Asteroid Conference Opens in Tokyo Part 1

potential [U] the possibility that something will develop in a certain way,
or have a particular effect

possibility [C,U] something that could happen or be true, or the chance that
something  could happen or be true: War is still a possibility.

probability [singular, U] how likely it is that something will happen, exist,
or be true

定期講読

TIME誌,October 23, 2017号がアップデートかかっていました。

TIME November 6, 2017

The Brief THE RISK REPORT Abe's big win in Japan gives him time 
to make history

Quotations

The Swiss managed to build a lovely country around their hotels.

[F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1896-1940]


Good night.