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in hectic times
目まぐるしい時代に
we had a hectic time. A hectic situation is one that is very busy and involves a lot of rushed activity
These guys are falling behind the curve.
It means falling behind in terms of progress or profit.
The volcano spewed out a giant cloud of ash, dust, and gases into the air
spew = to flow or let out in large amount 噴き出す
He claimed/ the photo had been doctored.
doctored = to change something in order to deceive people
During the storm/ stranded passengers slept/ at the airport
stranded = lacking what is necessary to leave a place or to get out of a situation. 立ち往生する
I myself/ will strive to make politicians/ straighten up on their own.
straighten oneself, adjust one’s collar, straighten our lapels 襟を正す
He published several books/ on Indian lore and hunting
lore = knowledge and stories, usually traditional, about a subject 伝承
She made desultory attempt/ at conversation
desultory = without a clear plan or purpose and showing little effort or interest 散発的な、とりとめもない
When I tried/ to get my tax situation straightened out with the government, I ran into a bureaucratic quagmire
quagmire = a situation that can easily trap you so that you become involved with problems from which it is difficult to escape
mummy
esp. in ancient Egypt, a dead body that has been preserved from decay, esp. by being treated with special substances before being wrapped in cloth
mogul
A mogul is an important, rich and powerful business man, especially one in the news, film or television industry
Rote-learning/ really doesn’t do much for you/ if you want to improve your communication skills
Rote-learning = 丸暗記, the act of learning or memorizing something by repetition
The sea glinted/ in the sun. Sunlight glinted/ on his spectacles.
glint = produces or reflects a quick flash of light
rookery
a breeding place or colony of rooks
Issac/ is a biblical name
biblical = in or relating to the Bible
We found a deer skeleton.
skeleton = the frame of bones supporting a human or animal body
The Greek philosopher Socrates/ was born circa 470 BC.
circa, ca. = about or approximately (used before a year)
a program to inoculate every child in the state
inoculate = inject a weak form of a disease into their body as a way to protecting them against the disease
The sheer size of the engine/ makes it difficult to transport.
Sheer = pure or complete, very large, very steep
Some of those books are sheer magic.
She hauled herself up the sheer slope of the mountain.
a perilous journey/ across the war-zone
perilous = very dangerous ˈper·ə·ləs
Jean teaches French in the evening as a sideline
sideline = an activity that is less
Dropped his knee
片膝をつく
With no job,/ the future looked bleak
bleak = without hope, cold and not welcoming
It was a bleak, unpleasant day in December.
Hey, peewee, come here a minute
peewee = someone or something very small
The treasurer/ was forced to take a stand/ against the board/ because of its wasteful spending
take a stand = take a position in opposition to someone or something
The Start-Spangled Banner
星条旗 spangled 星を散りばめた
The country was/ swept by patriotic fervor
fervor = strong, sincere feelings
熱烈（さ）、熱心（さ）、熱情
his courageous defiance of the government
果敢な抵抗
the N-word
a euphemistic (polite, neutral) way of referring to the offensive word nigger
communal refuges
避難民
his perch
You can refer to a high place where someone is sitting as their perch. 地位、高い場所。鳥が止まる木
derail his fledgling career
the sound practical advice he gave to fledgling writers.
羽毛が生えたばかりの、駆け出しの
Might it not be better to relegate the King to a purely ceremonial function?
relegate to 格下げする
rote observance
機械的な遵守
Such statements are an affront to people of conscience.
a remark or action intended to insult or upset someone:侮辱、無礼
Rescuers had to wade across a river to reach them
If you wade through something that makes it difficult to walk, usually water or mud, you walk through it.
Thornburgh said such demands wouldn’t violate the First Amendment.
The First Amendment is the part of the U.S. Constitution that guarantees people the right of free speech, as well as freedom of religion, assembly, and petition.
Don’t rock the boat
Do not disturb or challenge the status quo 事を荒立てる
have been moved to write a few lines of verse.
Verse is writing arranged in lines which have rhythm and which often rhyme at the end.
His men made a sortie to Guazatan and took a prisoner.
If a military force makes a sortie, it leaves its own position and goes briefly into enemy territory to make an attack. 急襲
The task was more arduous than he had calculated.
Something that is arduous is difficult and tiring, and involves a lot of effort.
…a U.N. convoy carrying food and medical supplies.
A convoy is a group of vehicles or ships travelling together.
The main part of the army moved to Sevastopol to besiege the town. [VERB noun]
The Afghan air force was using helicopters to supply the besieged town. [VERB-ed]
If soldiers besiege a place, they surround it and wait for the people in it to stop fighting or resisting.
The numbers of protesters grew, and the police became increasingly beleaguered.
to besiege by encircling, as with an army 包囲する、取り巻く
Already some people are asking whether scientists have any right to meddle in such matters. [V + in/with]
If only you hadn’t felt compelled to meddle. [VERB]
…the inept and meddling bureaucrats. [VERB-ing]
If you say that someone meddles in something, you are criticizing the fact that they try to influence or change it without being asked. 余計な世話を焼く、干渉する、ちょっかいを出す、おせっかいを焼く
Obese people tend to have higher blood pressure than lean people.
if someone is obese, they are extremely fat.
…his courageous defiance of the government
Defiance is behaviour or an attitude which shows that you are not willing to obey someone.
He’s usually very adept at keeping his private life out of the media. [+ at]
He is an adept guitar player
Someone who is adept at something can do it skilfully
It is important that an adolescent boy should have an adult in whom he can confide.
He spent his adolescent years playing guitar in the church band.
…adolescent rebellion.
Adolescent is used to describe young people who are no longer children but who have not yet become adults. It also refers to their behaviour.
Vasari claimed with horror that he was, if not an atheist, then an agnostic.
An atheist is a person who believes that there is no God. Compare agnostic. An atheist is a person who believes that there is no God. Compare agnostic.
My heart goes out to Carla, with a sick husband and three kids to look after.
You feel sympathy for someone
curator
a person in charge of a department of a museum or other place where objects of art, science, or from the past are collected, or a person who organizes and arranges a showing of art or other objects of interest
It’s not always a good idea to delve too deeply into someone’s past.
to examine something carefully in order to discover more information about someone or something
The new hotel towers over the Shanghai skyline.
Although he’s only twelve, David towers over his mother.
to be very tall in comparison with someone or something else:
This will be his eighth title bout in 19 months.
A bout is a boxing or wrestling match.
A bout of something that is unpleasant is a short time during which it occurs a great deal.
With the sun behind his head making a bright coronet, she thought at first he was the Angel of Death come to grant her release.
A coronet is a small crown.
By early yesterday, the insurgents had taken control of the country’s main military air base.
Insurgents are people who are fighting against the government or army of their own country. 造反者
“Sometimes,” Maxine said, a trace of condescension creeping into her voice now,” Todd likes to be out in public.
見下す
It’s sheer folly to build nuclear power stations in a country that has dozens of earthquakes every year.
If you say that a particular action or way of behaving is folly or a folly, you mean that it is foolish.
An entrenched bureaucracy stalled Gorbachev’s efforts to modernize Soviet society.
established firmly so that it cannot be changed
Mr Jones was dismissive of the report, saying it was riddled with inaccuracies.
If you are dismissive of someone or something, you say or show that you think they are not important or have no value.
The offensive lineman
The offensive line consists of the center, who is responsible for snapping the ball into play, two guards who flank the center, and two offensive tackles who flank the guards. In addition, a full offensive line may also include a tight end outside one or both of the tackles.
To get any traction, the conversation would have had to segue into the topic of the management of industrial research and development.
It changes into it or is followed by it without a break.
That was the rubric under which one could have a dialogue about the new product development
A rubric is a set of rules or instructions, for example the rules at the beginning of an examination paper.
The 1980s and 1990s brought a sea change with respect to the innovation process.
A sea change in someone’s attitudes or behaviour is a complete change.
He has resurrected the middle management in management theory.
to bring back into something, such as a belief, a practice, etc. that had disappeared or been forgotten. 蘇らせる
No doubt that battalions of doctoral students in the field can refine these hyptothese
Battalions = a large group of soldiers that is made up of several companies
Some of Nonaka’s writings have a deep philosophical bent, which makes it hard for us to understand.
bent = a natural skill or interest in something. 傾向、好み、性向
an ontological and epistemological point of view
Ontology is the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of existence. Epistemology is the theory of knowledge, esp the critical study of its validity, methods, and scope
Japanese politics are sui generis.
If you describe a person or thing as sui generis, you mean that there is no-one else or nothing else of the same kind and so you cannot make judgments about them based on other things.
..a damning report into his handling of the affair.
If you describe evidence or a report as damning, you mean that it suggests very strongly that someone is guilty of a crime or has made a serious mistake.
jolt you out os your slumber
眠りから揺り起こす
1 foot
0.305 meter. 5.9 feet = 1.8 meter
These young people were hurling information about themselves at you
hurl = through it violently 浴びせる、強く投げる
From his stint as a consultant, he learned something valuable.
stint = 任務
murder, robbery, rape, adultery and incest will be openly taught and practiced.
incest = 近親相姦
The enemy in any democracy is not dissent.
strong disagreement
I’ve really been very obtuse and stupid.
I’m a limited and obtuse clergyman while you’re the expert.
Someone who is obtuse has difficulty understanding things, or makes no effort to understand them. 鈍感
My son had a tantrum and banged his fist on the ground.
If a child has a tantrum, they lose their temper in a noisy and uncontrolled way. If you say that an adult is throwing a tantrum, you are criticizing them for losing their temper and acting in a childish way.
He recognized the Polish cadences in her voice.
He is not attempting necessarily to reproduce the cadence of speech.
The cadence of someone’s voice is the way their voice gets higher and lower as they speak.
Janet looked at him with disdain.
She shared her daughter’s disdain for her fellow countrymen.
If you feel disdain for someone or something, you dislike them because you think that they are inferior or unimportant.
I came home laden with cardboard boxes.
If someone or something is laden with a lot of heavy things, they are holding or carrying them.
Latent ethnic tensions exploded into the open yesterday.
present, but not yet active, developed, or obvious:
…the belligerent statements from both sides which have led to fears of war.
He was almost back to his belligerent mood of twelve months ago.
A belligerent person is hostile and aggressive.
this theological conundrum of the existence of evil and suffering in a world created by a good God.
A conundrum is a problem or puzzle which is difficult or impossible to solve.
some wiggle room
scope for freedom of action or thought
Until a few months ago few people outside the arcane world of contemporary music had heard of Gorecki
Something that is arcane is secret or mysterious.
The April 3 cover story on President Trump’s use of the truth
the truth
Is it possible to separate truth from fiction?
I must tell you the truth about this business. [+ about]
The truth of the matter is that we had no other choice. [+ of]
In the town very few know the whole truth.
…judgements of truth or falsity.
There is no truth in this story. [+ in]
Is there any truth to the rumors? [+ to]
The criticisms have at least an element of truth and validity.
poet laureate of the sandbox
受賞者
liberal and conservative media alike
Alike means in a similar way.
the evoking of Time’s iconic 1966
呼び起こす
make a similar comeback
make a complaint, make a move, etc.
Republican strategists are taking particular aim at Democratic senators.
If you take aim at someone or something, you criticize them strongly.
He asked for immediate help from the United States to dismantle the warheads.
If you dismantle a machine or structure, you carefully separate it into its different parts.
accompanied by energy sector executives and coal miners.
具体の一部、Some省略可
There have been a whole slew of shooting incidents. [+ of]
They dealt with a slew of other issues.
A slew of things is a large number of them.
a 32% reduction in carbon emissions from power plants by 2030
emissions 放出物 炭素排出量
It was furnished with simplicity and with an eye to necessity rather than adornment.
with the intention or purpose of
The nineteenth century witnessed a revolution in ship design and propulsion. [+ in]
…the industrial revolution.
countable noun. A revolution is a successful attempt by a large group of people to change the political system of their country by force.
He was a much more entertaining person, who used to have us all in fits.
Someone who is in fits is laughing uncontrollably.
