2017 Vocab

Question 1

When fatty acids reach the liver they’re converted into acetoacetate, an excellent metabolic fuel that belongs to a family of chemicals called ketones. That’s why very low-carb diets are sometimes called ‘ketogenic’ diets.

Acetoacetate decomposes to carbon dioxide and acetone, the smelly solvent best known for its ability to remove nail polish. This is why very low-carb dieters and people who are fasting often have sweet smelling breath.

Answer 1

acetoacetane

decompose

break down to, decay, become rotten

Question 2

When I put on sackloth in mourning, then they make me a byword, the gossip of men at the gates, a the subject of drunkards’ songs.

Answer 2

býwòrd

名詞C1 «…の» 見本, 好例, 代名詞 «for» ▸

become a byword for AAの代名詞[代表例]となる.

2 ｟主に米｠決まり文句, 合い言葉.

Question 3

The Times added, “He also commented uncritically on a video of a fight between two African American girls; that thread was titled “Sheboons fighting in a gas station.”

Answer 3

sheboon

Racist slang term for black woman, usually obese and loud-mouthed.

Check out the huge ass on that sheboon!

Question 4

Speak to the people of Israel, and bid them to make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put upon the tassel of each corner a cord of blue; and it shall be to you a tassel to look upon and remember all the commandments of the Lord, to do them, not to follow after your own heart and your own eyes, which you are inclined to go after wantonly. (Numbers 15:38-39)

Question 5

Is this a reserved and restrained Marian devotion? Yes, it is. But this very reserve and restraint only emphasise its joy and beauty. Here, the Reformation critique of Latin Marian devotion ends not with iconoclasm, but in delight in and with the Maiden of Nazareth, she who St Augustine described as “part of the Church, a holy member, a quite exceptional member, the supremely wonderful member, but still a member of the whole body”. Thus, as a locus of Marian devotion for the Anglican tradition, the Magnificat at Evensong gives expression to a deeply patristic and catholic imagination, in which our participation in Christ shares in that of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Answer 5

locus

a particular position, point, or place

Question 6

It’s always a proxy for something.

1 C «…の» 代理人, 代用品; 代わり[尺度]となるもの «for»

2 U «…の» 代理 «for» ; C委任状

▸ by proxy 代理を立てて.

Answer 6

It’s always a proxy for something.

1 C «…の» 代理人, 代用品; 代わり[尺度]となるもの «for»

2 U «…の» 代理 «for» ; C委任状

▸ by proxy 代理を立てて.

Question 7

Premiums are unaffordable for many people, and health costs continue their meteoric rise, causing many millions of people to simply ignore the ACA mandate to buy insurance.

Answer 7

meteoric /mìːtiɔ́ːrɪk|-ɔ́r-/ /｟強勢移動｠

/ 形容詞

1 たちまちの, 流星のような▸ a meteoric rise(人気階級などの)急上昇, 大出世.2 流星の.

Question 8

At the turn of the year, we sat down with our kids and asked them how they wanted to pursue at a closer relationship with God in 2017

Answer 8

pursue verb (ATTEMPT)

​

[T] to try to achieve:

She single-mindedly pursued her goal of earning a law degree.

pursue verb (CONTINUE)

​

[T] to continue to do:

The hobbies that I pursue in my spare time are crafts – woodworking, mainly.

​

[T] To pursue is also to continue to consider:

I don’t think the idea is worth pursuing.

Question 9

get someone off

Answer 9

[INTRANSITIVE] to not be punished severely or at all for something that you have been accused of in court

He was charged with manslaughter, but got off.

get off with:

At best you can hope to get off with a $100 fine.

Question 10

Tom and I returned a number of times, always on Saturday afternoons, sometimes together, but I remember once going by myself. I’m somewhat tongue-tied around famous people and found it a bit awkward to chitchat with Alfred Hitchcock, but we did, enjoyably, in his living room.

Question 11

skirmish

an episode of irregular or unpremeditated fighting, especially between small or outlying parts of armies or fleets.

synonyms - fight, battle, clash, conflict, encounter, engagement, fray, combat

“the unit was caught up in a skirmish”


Answer 11

skirmish

an episode of irregular or unpremeditated fighting, especially between small or outlying parts of armies or fleets.

synonyms - fight, battle, clash, conflict, encounter, engagement, fray, combat

“the unit was caught up in a skirmish”


Question 12

Chernobyl

Cher・no・byl /tʃɚnóʊbl｜tʃəːnˈəʊ‐/

【名詞】

チェルノブイリ 《ウクライナ共和国の首都 Kiev 北方にある都市; 1986 年同市にある原子力発電所で事故が起こり，広範囲に放射能汚染が生じた》.

Question 13

rent out an office space

He rented out his house while he worked abroad…

He repaired the boat, and rented it out for $150.

Answer 13

rent out an office space

He rented out his house while he worked abroad…

He repaired the boat, and rented it out for $150.

Question 14

In interview last month with the German newspaper Die Zeit, Pope Francis condemned proselytizing in a discussion about Germany’s vocations crisis.

Answer 14

próselytìzing

名詞U｟かたく｠(宗教政党などへの)勧誘(活動); 改宗[転向]をせまること.

proselytize /prɑ́(ː)s(ə)lətàɪz|prɔ́s-/

動詞｟かたく｠他動詞(強い態度で)〈人〉を改宗させる; …の宗旨を変えさせる.自動詞｟まれ｠〈人が〉改宗する.

Question 15

“You told [Hillary Clinton] not to go to Wisconsin.” “Is there a smug liberal problem?

Answer 15

smug /smʌɡ/ 形容詞独りよがりの; «…に» うぬぼれた, 自己満足した «about» .

Answer 16

serfdom /sə́ːrfdəm/ 名詞U農奴の身分; 農奴制.

Question 18

prolong - prolongation

prolongation /pròʊlɔːŋɡéɪʃ(ə)n|-lɔŋ-/

名詞1 U延長; 延期.2 C延長部分.

Answer 18

When men and women provide for themselves and their families in such a way as to be of service to the community as well, they can rightly look upon their work as a prolongation of the work of the creator…

Question 19

coagulate

coagulation

coagulant

Answer 19

coagulant /koʊǽɡjələnt/

名詞UC(血液などの)凝固剤.

Question 20

intransigent

unwilling or refusing to change one’s views or to agree about something.

(synonyms) uncompromising, inflexible, unbending, unyielding, diehard, unshakable, unwavering, resolute, rigid, unaccommodating, uncooperative, stubborn, obstinate, obdurate, pigheaded, single-minded, iron-willed, stiff-necked

The regime remained intransigent in its opposition to wider participation in the political process.

Answer 20

intransigent

unwilling or refusing to change one’s views or to agree about something.

(synonyms) uncompromising, inflexible, unbending, unyielding, diehard, unshakable, unwavering, resolute, rigid, unaccommodating, uncooperative, stubborn, obstinate, obdurate, pigheaded, single-minded, iron-willed, stiff-necked

The regime remained intransigent in its opposition to wider participation in the political process.

Question 21

One detail which somebody could suss out … someone who knows how to burrow around in the files of the Catholic Herald and the Tablet … who was that Westminster auxiliary whom Oddie forced into a retraction?

Answer 21

(場所を)探す; (事件などを)調査する

▸ burrow into the pocket [affair]ポケットを探る[事件に探りを入れる].

Answer 22

despot /déspɑ(ː)t|-pɔt/ 名詞C専制君主, 独裁者, 暴君(tyrant, dictator).

Question 23

“The legal recognition of same-sex unions poses a multifaceted threat to the very fabric of society, striking at the source from which society and culture come and which they are meant to serve.

Question 24

… a publication that at times was the official organ of the Archbishop of New York…

Answer 24

3 ｟かたく｠(政府などの)機関, 組織▸ an organ of the state国の機関.4 ｟かたく｠機関紙[誌].

Question 25

The post-synodal apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love) was published one year ago on the Solemnity of St. Joseph. Since then, two competing interpretations, or, rather, pastoral applications of Chapter 8 (on divorce, remarriage and the sacraments) have emerged.

They are epitomized in two sets of diocesan guidelines, each of which is meant to apply the teaching of the document to respective dioceses.

Answer 25

epitomize /ɪpɪ́təmàɪz/

be a perfect example of

Question 26

accost

approach and address (someone) boldly or aggressively 〈知らない人〉に近寄って(ぶしつけに)話しかける; 〈売春婦浮浪者などが〉〈通行人〉に声をかける

Rporters accosted him in the street

He was accosted by a thief, demanding his money or his life

A man tried to accost the girl on her way to school.

Answer 26

accost

approach and address (someone) boldly or aggressively 〈知らない人〉に近寄って(ぶしつけに)話しかける; 〈売春婦浮浪者などが〉〈通行人〉に声をかける

Rporters accosted him in the street

He was accosted by a thief, demanding his money or his life

A man tried to accost the girl on her way to school.

Question 27

I’m being taxed.

(Law) to examine and assess (the costs of a case).

Answer 27

I’m being taxed.

(Law) to examine and assess (the costs of a case).

Question 28

Francis also warned against “demagogic forms of populism,” which in the context of the Middle East is often code for charismatic political and clerical leaders who play on sectarian conflicts.

Answer 28

demagogic, -ical /dèməɡɑ́(ː)ɡɪk, -ɡɑ́(ː)dʒ-|-ɡɔ́ɡ-/ /-k(ə)l/ /

｟強勢移動｠/ 形容詞｟非難して｠扇動的な; 扇動政治家の.

Question 29

What I am digging at was revealed to me with a re-reading of Perelandra— the second book in C.S.Lewis’ space trilogy.

Answer 29

dig at

（人）に嫌み［皮肉・当てこすり］を言う、（人）に毒舌を吐く［食らわす・浴びせる］

take a dig at

take a dig at someone

and take a jab at someone; take digs at someone

Fig. to insult or pester someone.

Question 30

When Cincinnati’s Archbishop John Baptist Purcell debated the Presbyterian minister Alexander Campbell, the latter stated that the Catholic laity was enslaved by their priests, bishops, and popes, having no free will to make their own decisions. Campbell further opined that Catholics were “essentially anti-American” and “fundamentally opposed to American freedom”.

Question 31

copacetic

(North American informal) in excellent order.

Answer 31

copacetic

(North American informal) in excellent order.

Question 32

Should same-sex couples be allowed to marry civilly? This question has provoked an emphatic response from the Roman Catholic hierarchy in the US and elsewhere.

Question 33

It may be the only option not because the surrounding culture is decadent and we want to protect our children.

Answer 33

decadent /dékəd(ə)nt/

形容詞

1 〈人社会文芸作品などが〉退廃的な, モラルが低下した.

2 退廃期の.名詞C退廃的な人; 〖しばしばD-〗デカダン派の詩人.～ly副詞

Question 34

I need you to butt out of my life.

butt out — to stop interfering

Answer 34

I need you to butt out of my life.

butt out — to stop interfering

Question 35

Justin Senneff: Agreed! Although the veil is not about Church Politics or showing off, stand your ground.

Answer 35

to maintain one’s position, typically in the face of opposition.

Question 36

hydroplane

アクセント・音節hýdro・plàne

名詞可算名詞

1

ハイドロプレーン 《水中翼 (hydrofoil) をもつ高速モーターボート》.

2

水上(飛行)機.

3

(潜水艦の)水平舵.

動詞 自動詞

1

水上を滑走する.

2

ハイドロプレーンで行く.

3

〈自動車が〉ハイドロプレーニングを起こす 《雨天の高速走行時に雨が薄膜となってハンドルがききにくくなる》.

Question 37

Later, when his hnonocence was vindicated, he became a greater preacher than before, and, moreoever, gained the preputation of a wonder-worker, so that crowds thronged him wherever he came.

Answer 37

throng

(of a crowd) fill or be present in (a place or area):a crowd thronged the station | the streets arethronged with people.

Question 38

cease and desist

A cease and desist letter is a document sent to an individual or business to stop purportedly illegal activity (“cease”) and to not restart later (“desist”).

Answer 38

cease and desist

A cease and desist letter is a document sent to an individual or business to stop purportedly illegal activity (“cease”) and to not restart later (“desist”).

Question 39

Screw off

Question 40

It is not the only option because we are disgusted by porn, shocked by war, and spooked by gender confused radicals who are on the warpath.

Question 41

go on a contingency

成功報酬

Answer 41

go on a contingency

成功報酬

Question 42

scruple

主な意味良心のとがめ、良心の呵責 (かしやく)、(事の正邪・当否についての)疑念、ためらい、遠慮

Question 43

A healthy liver minimises the acetone lost via the lungs by converting most of the acetoacetate it produces to a more stable substance, called beta-hydroxybutyrate or BHB. And this is where those euphoric feelings could come from.

They received a euphoric welcome:

Answer 43

beta-hydroxybutyrate

euphoric

elated, happy, joyful, delighted, gleeful; excited, exhilarated, jubilant, exultant; ecstatic, blissful, rapturous, transported**, on cloud nine, **in seventh heaven; informal on top of the world, over the moon, on a high.

Question 44

gag order

a judge’s order that a case may not be discussed in public

Answer 44

gag order

a judge’s order that a case may not be discussed in public

Question 45

I just don’t trust Francis –actually Rome in general… they will pull the rug out from under…and they will use the AO as a bait and switch to get people to convert and then down comes the hammer.

pull the rug out from under - to suddenly take away important support from someone:

Answer 45

I just don’t trust Francis –actually Rome in general… they will pull the rug out from under…and they will use the AO as a bait and switch to get people to convert and then down comes the hammer.

pull the rug out from under - to suddenly take away important support from someone:

Question 46

A senior Church of England figure is calling for bishops to ditch their mitres because they symbolise a “culture of deference”.

Revd Ian Paul, a member of the Archbishops’ Council, said the traditional hats were part of a “world of the past” and meant the bishops appeared elevated above the rest of the church.

Answer 46

deference

respect, respectfulness, dutifulness; submissiveness,

submission, obedience, surrender, accession, capitulation,

acquiescence, complaisance, obeisance.

ANTONYMS disrespect.

Question 47

scintillating - sparkling or shining brightly.

the scintillating sun

(synonyms) sparkling, shining, bright, brilliant, gleaming, glittering, twinkling, shimmering, glistening, brilliant, dazzling, exciting, exhilarating, stimulating

Answer 47

scintillating - sparkling or shining brightly.

the scintillating sun

(synonyms) sparkling, shining, bright, brilliant, gleaming, glittering, twinkling, shimmering, glistening, brilliant, dazzling, exciting, exhilarating, stimulating

Answer 48

empirical /ɪmpɪ́rɪk(ə)l/

形容詞〖名詞の前で〗(理論ではなく)実験[実証, 経験]に基づいた(↔theoretical).～̀ fórmula〘化〙実験式〘化合物の元素組織を最も単純な比率で表した化学式; 例H2O〙.～ly

Question 49

Is Cardinal Burke a rigid orthodox prelate prone to live the hypocrisy of a double life since he rails against the very things he is doing (supposedly, theoretically) compared to the pope who is flexible, understanding and willing to offer Holy Communion to those who publicly live disordered lives and thus not hypocritical?

Of course it makes news when one who is a rigid orthodox railing against all the sexual and social immoralities of the day

Answer 49

rail

2動詞自動詞｟かたい文｠ «…を» (怒りをもって)厳しく非難する, 不平を言う, ののしる «against, at»

▸ rail against the government 政府を厳しく非難する

▸ rail at one’s fate 運命を呪う.

Question 50

get back on the horse

To attempt the same challenging action after failure.

Answer 50

get back on the horse

To attempt the same challenging action after failure.

Question 51

The Christian Right has been a consistent if occasionally amorphous feature of the American political landscape for more than 40 years.

Answer 51

amorphous

shapeless, formless, structureless, indeterminate; vague,

nebulous, indefinite.

without a clearly defined shape or form

Question 52

And even Italy, the home of spaghetti, fusilli, pappardelle, tagliatelle, linguine and ravioli, is seeing the carb backlash.

​The move provoked a backlash from union leaders:

Answer 52

backlash

adverse reaction, adverse response, counterblast, comeback, repercussion; retaliation,

reprisal.

Question 53

An allocution, or allocutus, is a formal statement made to the court by the defendant who has been found guilty prior to being sentenced. It is part of the criminal procedure in some jurisdictions using common law.

Answer 53

An allocution, or allocutus, is a formal statement made to the court by the defendant who has been found guilty prior to being sentenced. It is part of the criminal procedure in some jurisdictions using common law.

Question 54

wreak havoc

大惨事をもたらす

例文

wreak havoc on

play havoc with

make havoc of…

…をひどく荒らす, を打ち壊す, を台なしにする, …に惨害を与える.

Question 55

Accompaniment should assist persons to know the truth that will make them free (John 8:32) and must solicitously avoid the dual errors of relativism, which “ignores the truth,” and rigorism, which “lacks mercy.” And the guidelines promise to “faithfully reflect Catholic belief.”

Answer 55

solicitous /səlɪ́sətəs/

形容詞｟かたく｠ «…を/…ということを» 心配して, 願って «of, for, about/that節» ; 〈人が〉細心の, 入念な.～ly concerned, caring, considerate, attentive, mindful, thoughtful, interested; anxious, worried; compassionate, humane.

rigorism →厳格主義（げんかくしゆぎ）

rextreme strictness in interpreting or enforcing a law, precept, or principle.

(in the Roman Catholic Church) formerly, the doctrine that in doubtful cases of conscience the strict course is always to be followed.

Question 56

Meanwhile, Fox has long earned itself a reputation for flaunting, beyond the bounds of decency, the physical features of its female staff.

Answer 56

flaunt /flɔːnt/

動詞他動詞

1 ｟非難して｠〈富才能美など〉を誇示する, ひけらかす(show off).

2 ｟非標準｠〈規則など〉を無視する, 侮る (!floutとの混同による誤用とされる) .

自動詞

1 自分を誇示する; これ見よがしにふるまう.

2 〈旗などが〉風にひらひらと翻る.fláunt onesèlf｟非難して｠これ見よがしにふるまう.

Question 57

Bishop J. Jon Bruno has won an expensive skirmish in the legal war over a prominent church property in the Diocese of Los Angeles. A California Superior Court judge has nullified a use restriction that barred the use of the property for anything other than a church.

Answer 57

skirmish

fight, battle, clash, conflict, encounter, engagement, fray,

combat

Question 58

One of my friends, the late Mary Wells, developed a big devotion to Our Lady in the run-up to our becoming Catholic.

Answer 58

[the run‐up] 《主に英国で用いられる》〔ある出来事へ向けての〕準備期間(の活動) 〔to〕.

Question 59

None of them has endorsed Le Pen ahead of Sunday’s (May 7) presidential election runoff against centrist Emmanuel Macron, and several have openly or indirectly urged their flocks to vote against her.

Answer 59

rún(-)òff

名詞複～s

1 C(同点同位時の)決勝戦[投票]▸ a runoff election決選投票.

Question 60

Give him a slap on his wrist.

slap on the wrist

1. a mild reprimand or punishment.

synonyms—reprimand, rebuke, reproof, scolding,

admonishment

Answer 60

Give him a slap on his wrist.

slap on the wrist

1. a mild reprimand or punishment.

synonyms—reprimand, rebuke, reproof, scolding,

admonishment

Question 61

clock a patient

informal

hit (someone), especially on the head.

“someone clocked him for no good reason”

Question 62

We are both Catholic and Reformed. We are derived from ancient Christianity like the Copts, Romans, and Eastern Orthodox, yet we do not have a patriarch or pope who calls all the shots.

Answer 62

call the shots

to decide on the course of action; to be in charge

Question 63

Francis argued that religious leaders can’t simply pay lip service to dialogue and tolerance, but their actions have to be coherent with their rhetoric.

Answer 63

pay lip service (to)

訳語 リップサービスする；お世辞を言う

Question 64

While I do own the MTF Daily Roman Missal, it pales, in my opinion, to the CTS offering.

Question 65

留め具

読み方：とめぐ

止め具、留具、止具 とも書く

文法情報（名詞）

対訳latch; clasp; catch; check; fastener

Question 66

Readers may remember that Professor Ransom has been transported to the planet Venus, which is still reveling in Edenic innocence.

Question 67

visceral

instinctive, instinctual, gut, deep-down, deep-seated, deep-rooted, inward; emotional; animal

a visceral fear of change

Answer 67

visceral

instinctive, instinctual, gut, deep-down, deep-seated, deep-rooted, inward; emotional; animal

a visceral fear of change