10 Flashcards
Nail
perform (an action or task) perfectly.
Singlehandedly
Without help from anyone
Disparage
Regard little worth けなす
Juncture
A particular point of time
“it is difficult to say at this juncture whether this upturn can be sustained”
Vanilla
No special features
Outgoing
Sociable
Onset
発症
Double edge sword
situation or course of action having both positive and negative effects.
At the onset
手始めに
Put my feet up
Relex
Gunea pig
実験台
Right arm
Most reliable helper
Double talker
language that appears to be earnest and meaningful but in fact is a mixture of sense and nonsense
Loathing
Dislike
Affirmation
the action or process of affirming something or being affirmed:
“he nodded in affirmation” · ”an affirmation of basic human values”
SIMILAR:
assertion
declaration
LAW
a formal declaration by a person who declines to take an oath for reasons of conscience.
emotional support or encouragement:
“the lack of one or both parents’ affirmation leaves some children emotionally crippled”
Decorum
Etiquette
Call the shots
Pull the strings, rule the roost 決裁する
to be the person who controls or organizes a situation:
You’re the boss here – you get to call the shots.
Set the tone
Establish the mood
Her lighthearted question set the tone for the rest of the interview.
Decimate
Get rid of, eliminate
Atrocious
Evil, morally wrong
Unduly
Excessive
Confer upon
Grant bestow
Can of worms
Very complicated, unplesant to deal with
situation that causes a lot of problems for you when you start to deal with it:
Blown away
1 : to dissipate or remove as if with a current of air their doubts were blown away. 2 : to kill by gunfire : shoot dead. 3 : to impress very strongly and usually favorably.