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1
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Expand on

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to speak or write about (something) in a more complete or detailed way

elaborate on. She declined to expand on her earlier statement. Please expand on that idea.

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Input

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情報提供

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Knee jerk reaction

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automatic and unthinking reaction

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Oh my bad that happened

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あっ　こんな事になってすみません

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Come around

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Happen

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The floor is yours

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さあ　始めてくれ

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Forging

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Create the relationship

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Camping out

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stay there for a long time, because they are waiting for something to happen

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On their feet

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Standing

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Continue

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persist in an activity or process. ずっと継続させている

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Assimilate

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  1. become part of a group, country, society, etc., or to make someone or something become part of a group, country, society, etc.:
    You shouldn’t expect immigrants to assimilate into an alien culture immediately.
    take in (information, ideas, or culture) and understand fully.
    “Marie tried to assimilate the week’s events”
    2.
    cause (something) to resemble; liken.
    “philosophers had assimilated thought to perception”
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Regenerative farming

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Conservation approach to food farming system

環境再生型農業」とも呼ばれる。 農地の土壌をただ健康的に保つのではなく、土壌を修復・改善しながら自然環境の回復に繋げることを目指す農業を指す

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Lug

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Carry laboring

carry or drag (a heavy or bulky object) with great effort.
“she began to lug her suitcase down the stairs”
Similar:
carry
lift
bear
tote

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Deglaze

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Dilute meat sediment with wine

ディグレーゼの定義は、ソースまたは肉汁を作るために肉の沈殿物を希釈することです

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Mound

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山を作る盛る

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Plush

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Luxurious deluxe

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Forage

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Search for food

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Die hard

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If a belief or way of behaving dies hard, it takes a long time to disappear, and is not given up easily:
Old habits die hard.

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Take a dive

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Fall suddenly

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Subscription

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Advance payment
定期購読

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Back off

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Withdraw

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Disavow

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Deny

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Vote of no confidence

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Majority does not support governing body

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Corny

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Show no new ideas no funny

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Disheartening

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Lose confidence

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Strike out

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失敗する

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Get the better of

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Beat やっつける

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Cease and desist order

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Stop engaging
停止命令

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Inlay

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Ornament design

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Put a sock in it

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Stop talking

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Remorse

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Deep regret

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Atonement

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Compensation

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33
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Legend

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伝統的人物

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Not on my watch

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That will not happen while I am in charge or on the lookout.

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Pow

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(especially in children’s cartoons) a word that represents the noise of an explosion or a gun being shot:

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ex·cru·ci·at·ing

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intensely painful.
“excruciating back pain”

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Psychosomatic

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Psycological

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38
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Cradle

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Suppert hold

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Midsection

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Middle part

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Catch a whiff

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Receive very small amount of information

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Knock up

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BRITISH
make something in a hurry.
“I knocked up some pasta and a beef casserole”
Similar:
make quickly
put together quickly
prepare hastily
build rapidly
whip up
rig up
jerry-build
throw together
cobble together
improvise
devise
contrive
make
prepare
produce
get
get ready
assemble
put together
fix
rustle up

2.
INFORMAL
make a woman pregnant.
“he knocked her up and left her”
Similar:
make pregnant
impregnate
inseminate
put in the family way
get in the club
get with child
Feedback

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42
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Marching orders

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Instructors from supervisors

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Snuggle season

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to move close to someone for affection, warmth, or comfort, or to arrange something around yourself:
They snuggled together on the couch. 寄り添う

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Cease and desist

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denoting a legally enforceable order from a court or government agency directing someone to stop engaging in a particular activity.
“they received a cease-and-desist order for conducting unlicensed property management activities”

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For starters

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先ず　手始めに

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46
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Skimp

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Cut corners,

“don’t skimp on insurance when you travel overseas”

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Section off

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Separate

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48
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Good grief

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やれやれ

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49
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Intricate

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Complicate

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50
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Getting through school

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Graduate

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51
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Social standing

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地位

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I was the product of working class

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出身

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Root out

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Eradicate(destroy completely; put an end to.)

to find and remove (something or someone)
The mayor was determined to root out corruption in city government.
2 : to find (something or someone) after searching for a long time
He finally rooted out the cause of the problem.

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Its a safe bet

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は確実でしょう

55
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Vengeful

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Seek to harm

56
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Bruh

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a male friend (often used as a form of address).
“get off the internet and get a life bruh”

57
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Hobgoblin

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Ghost

58
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Dry run

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Rehearsal of performance

59
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Resurgence

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Increase after a period

60
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Jargon

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Special words

61
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A foot inThe door

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Chance to do something that lead to opportunities

62
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Vex

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Annoy

63
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Compayable

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Able to occur together

64
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Downright

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.
(of a person’s manner or behavior) straightforward; so direct as to be blunt.
“her common sense and downright attitude to life surprised him”

65
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Stumble

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trip or momentarily lose one’s balance; almost fall.
“her foot caught a shoe and she stumbled”

66
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Headbutt

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an aggressive and forceful thrust with the top of the head into the face or body of another person.
“he tries a headbutt, which I dodge”

67
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At a price
Secutiry at a price ‘ separation’

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requiring great expense or involving unwelcome consequences.
“his generosity comes at a price”

68
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Spin it around

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to turn around quickly or to turn (someone or something) around quickly He spun around and looked at me in surprise.

69
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Aggression

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hostile or violent behavior or attitudes toward another; readiness to attack or confront.
“his chin was jutting with aggression”

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Adversary

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one’s opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute.
“Davis beat his old adversary in the quarterfinals”

71
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Overture

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an approach or proposal made to someone with the aim of opening negotiations or establishing a relationship.
“Coleen listened to his overtures of love”

72
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Ascent to power

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Gain power

the fact of starting to become successful: His ascent to power was rapid and unexpected. Synonyms. climb. rise

73
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Annexed

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append or add as an extra or subordinate part, especially to a document.
“the first ten amendments were annexed to the Constitution in 1791”
add (territory) to one’s own territory by appropriation.
“the left bank of the Rhine was annexed by France in 1797”

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Rebel forces

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to resist or rise up against a government or other authority, esp. by force of arms.

75
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Red line

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refuse (a loan or insurance) to someone because they live in an area deemed to be a poor financial risk.
“banks have redlined loans to buyers”

drive with (a car engine) at or above its rated maximum revolutions per minute.
“both his engines were redlined now”

76
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Back then

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In those days

77
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Wizard

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a man who has magical powers, especially in legends and fairy tales.

「wizard」とは、「魔法使い」や「天才」「名人」などといった「魔法や魔術を使う者」や「人並外れた才能や一芸に秀でている者

help feature of a software package that automates complex tasks by asking the user a series of easy-to-answer questions.

2 アプリケーションソフトの設定や操作などを、対話形式で行うことにより容易にする機能

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Frigid

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very cold in temperature.

79
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Denazify

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To remove influence of fascism

80
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Topple

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overbalance or become unsteady and fall slowly.
“she toppled over when I touched her”

81
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Spin-off

A

BY-PRODUCT
also : a number of such products
the spin-off from the space program a product marketed by its association with a popular television programme, film, personality, etc.
“spin-off merchandising”
a subsidiary of a parent company that has been sold off, creating a new company.

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Bags under your eyes

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dark circles, sometimes with loose or swollen skin, under the eyes, usually as a result of being tired or ill

83
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Knob

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a rounded lump or ball, especially at the end or on the surface of something. “Door knob”

84
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Hanging by a thread

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to be in a very dangerous situation or state : to be very close to death, failure, etc

The patient’s life was hanging by a thread

85
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You catch my drift?

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to understand what one is suggesting

NOT “DRAFT”

86
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Turn on their master

A

Master に対して攻撃的な

87
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Analogy

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a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
“an analogy between the workings of nature and those of human societies”

88
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Configure

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shape or put together in a particular form or configuration.
“two of the aircraft will be configured as VIP transports”
COMPUTING
arrange or order (a computer system or an element of it) so as to fit it for a designated task.
“expanded memory can be configured as a virtual drive”

89
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Goofy

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Silly

90
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Poke around

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look around a place, typically in search of something.
“he poked around in his fridge before pulling out a container of ham”

91
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Have a lot in your plate

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to have so many things to do at one time
being overwhelmed from having so many things to handle at the same time
Source: www.theidioms.com

92
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at the top of their lungs

A

With an extremely loud voice

声を限りに、声高｛こわだか｝に

93
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Ooze

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of a fluid) slowly trickle or seep out of something; flow in a very gradual way.
“blood was oozing from a wound in his scalp”

give a powerful impression of (a quality).
“she oozes a raunchy sex appeal”

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Hold off

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resist an attacker or challenge.
“he held off a late challenge by Vose to win by thirteen seconds”

to not do something immediately:
[ + -ing verb ] Let’s hold off making a decision until next week.

hold off on US They’ve decided to hold off on buying a car until they’re both working.

95
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Few and far between

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Scarce 「few and far between」には「ごく稀な、極めて少ない」

96
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Biopsy

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Examine tissue

97
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Bog down

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to cause (something) to sink in wet ground. The mud bogged down the car. The car got bogged down in the mud. often used figuratively
泥沼に落ち込ませる［はまり込ませる］、動きを取れなくする、にっちもさっちもいかなくさせる、難航させる、行き詰まらせる

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Cracker jack

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Exceptionally good

exceptionally good.
“a crackerjack eye surgeon(Doctor)”

99
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Mindful

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Conscious aware

心に留めて、忘れないで、注意して

“I arrived home for the summer, ever mindful of my obligations to my parents”

100
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Adage

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Proverb saying

101
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Get you the way

A

お任せします

to persuade other people to allow you to do what you want:
My little brother always gets his own way.

102
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Bite the bullet

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Bite the bullet は長く先延ばしにしたり、避けて通っていたことを、ついに「観念して行う」といった意味の表現です。また、単純に、気が進まないもののやらざるを得ないことを指して「やるしかない」という意味で使うこともあります. Decide to do something unpleasant

103
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Run the number

A

Do the calculation

104
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Luck out

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Achieve successfully by luck

achieve success or advantage by good luck.
“I lucked out and found a wonderful woman”

105
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Bread and butter

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生活の糧　給与

106
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Scoop up

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Win easily

107
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Offlord

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relieve oneself of (a problem or worry) by talking to someone else.
“it would be nice to have been able to offload your worries on to someone”

108
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Anchor

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支え　拠り

a person or thing that provides stability or confidence in an otherwise uncertain situation.
“the European Community is the economic anchor of the New Europe”
Similar:
mainstay
cornerstone
bulwark
chief support
foundation
prop

a large and prestigious department store prominently sited in a new shopping centre.
noun: anchor tenant; plural noun: anchor tenants; noun: anchor store; plural noun: anchor stores

109
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Tacky

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showing poor taste and quality.
“even in her faintly tacky costumes, she won our hearts”

110
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Bubble up

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Increase and become visible

111
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Languish

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Weaken decline

112
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Tail off

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Weaken decline

113
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Give or take

A

〔数値が〕～の増減を含んで、およそ
・The mountain is 3,000 meters in height, give or take a few hundred meters. : あの山は高さ3000メートルだ。プラスマイナス数百メートルの誤差はあるとして。
・We’ve got 10 minutes give or take 5 seconds. : あと10分プラスマイナス5秒ある。

114
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Fruition

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the realization or fulfilment of a plan or project.
“the plans have come to fruition rather sooner than expected”
Similar:
fulfilment
realization

115
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Colossal

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Massive

116
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empathize

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understand and share the feelings of another.
“counselors need to be able to empathize with people”

117
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Without a hitch

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As planned

118
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Rub shoulder

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Interact mingle with grouo of people

119
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Dont get me started

A

When someone bringing up topic about a lot to say about i. A negative way

120
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Silver bullet

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Magical weapon

a simple and seemingly magical solution to a complicated problem.
“there is no ‘silver bullet’ that can prevent flooding entirely”

121
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Analogy

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Comparison between two things

122
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Fancy- schmancy

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Extremely fancy

123
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My take

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My conclusion

124
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Baggy

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(of clothing) loose and hanging in folds.
“baggy pants”

125
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Throw on

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put on a garment hastily.
“I threw on my housecoat and went to the door”

126
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Polka dot

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one of a number of large round dots repeated to form a regular pattern on fabric.
“a red and white polka-dot shirt”

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