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YGTBKM

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You got to be kidding me まさか

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Imho

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In my humble opinion

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Preposterous

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contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous.
“a preposterous suggestion”
Similar:
absurd
ridiculous
foolish

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do not let your guard down after a victory; tighten the strings of your helmet after winning

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勝って兜の緒を締めよ

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Cap off

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finish or complete, as with some decisive action. “he capped off the meeting with a radical proposal” type of: clear up, finish off, finish up, get through, mop up, polish off, wrap up.締めくくり

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cat‐and‐mouse game

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Hackers attack and engineers patch the holes. They are forever in a cat‐and‐mouse game.
（ハッカーが攻撃して、エンジニアがセキュリティー修復する。彼らは永遠にいたちごっこを続けている。）

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Intimidate

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脅迫 frighten or overawe (someone), especially in order to make them do what one wants.
“he tries to intimidate his rivals”
Similar:
frighten
menace

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Each to their own

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when you want to point out that we’re all different and we all like different things 人それぞれ

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Aerated

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を空気にさらす，…に空気を通す
2 〈液体に〉気体［炭酸ガス］を満たす

introduce air into (a material).

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Bring into play

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Activate

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Get swarmed

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When people swarm somewhere, they move there in a large group or in large numbers: During the summer, tourists swarm the little beachside town

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Gang up on you

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to join together in a group to hurt, frighten, or oppose someone At school the older boys ganged up on him and called him names.

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Snoot

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a person’s nose.
“a remark that might warrant a good smack in the snoot”

INFORMAL
a person who shows contempt for those considered to be of a lower social class.
“the snoots complain that the paper has lowered its standards”

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Swelter

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of a person or the atmosphere at a particular time or place) be uncomfortably hot.
“Barney sweltered in his doorman’s uniform”
Similar:
hot
stifling
suffocating

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Get snowed under

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to overwhelm especially in excess of capacity to absorb or deal with something. : to defeat by a large margin.

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Boot out

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force someone to leave a place, organization, or activity in an unceremonious way.
“his stepfather booted him out”

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Gummy

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viscous; sticky.
“a gummy discharge”
Similar:
sticky
tacky
gluey
adhesive
resinous
viscous
viscid
glutinous
mucilaginous
claggy
clarty
gooey
gloopy
cloggy
gungy
icky
gloppy
viscoid
covered with or exuding a viscous substance.
“his eyes are all gummy”

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Hearty

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of food) wholesome and substantial.
“a hearty meal cooked over open flames”
Similar:
substantial
ample ボリュームがある、栄養価が高い

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Simmer down

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to become calm after a period of anger or excitement I left him alone until he simmered down. Things have simmered down since the riots last week.

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Jiggly

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English
moving from side to side or up and down with quick short movements, or able to do this ぷるぷる揺れるよう

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hide under a rock

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to disappear completely with no way to be found

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Whip up

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deliberately excite someone into having a strong feeling or reaction.
“Dad had managed to whip himself up into a fantastic rage”掻き立てる
2.
stimulate a particular feeling in someone.
“we tried hard to whip up interest in the products

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Ragtag

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untidy, disorganized, or incongruously varied in character.
“a ragtag group of idealists”
noun
a group of people perceived as disreputable or undesirable.
“the ragtag had been organized into some kind of marching order”

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Perpetuate

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make (something, typically an undesirable situation or an unfounded belief) continue indefinitely.
“the law perpetuated the interests of the ruling class”永続させる

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Up and around

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out of bed and doing things

I didn’t expect you to be up and around this early

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Lackluster

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lacking in vitality, force, or conviction; uninspired or uninspiring. Luster 光沢
“no excuses were made for the team’s lackluster performance”
Similar:
uninspired
uninspiring
unimaginative
dull
humdrum
colorless
characterless
bland
insipid
vapid
flat
dry
lifeless
listless
tame
tired
prosaic
mundane
run-of-the-mill
commonplace
spiritless
lusterless
apathetic
torpid
unanimated
uninteresting
boring
monotonous
dreary
tedious
wearisome
Opposite:
inspired
brilliant
(of the hair or the eyes) not shining; dull.

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Antagonist

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person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary:
“he turned to confront his antagonist”
SIMILAR:
adversary
opponent
enemy

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In tatters

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destroyed; ruined:
“the ceasefire was in tatters within hours”
SIMILAR:
ruined
in ruins
on the rocks

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Spiny

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full of or covered with prickles. とげで覆われた
“a spiny cactus”
Similar:
prickly
spiky
thorny
thistly
briary
brambly
bristly
bristled
spiked
barbed
pronged
scratchy
sharp
spiculate
spicular
spiniferous
aculeate
barbellate
spinose
spinous
muricate
setaceous
INFORMAL
difficult to understand or handle.
“a spiny problem”

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Free up

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make something available to be used: I need to free up some time this weekend to finish the report.

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Clue into

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give somebody the most recent information about something
He’s just clued me in on the latest developments.

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Reservoir

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a supply or source of something.
“tapping into a universal reservoir of information”
Similar:
stock
store
stockpile

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Save the day

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find or provide a solution to a difficulty or disaster.

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Intrepid

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fearless; adventurous (often used for rhetorical or humorous effect).
“our intrepid reporter”
Similar:
fearless
unafraid
undaunted

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Teeter

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move or balance unsteadily; sway back and forth.
“she teetered after him in her high-heeled sandals”
Similar:
totter
walk unsteadily
wobble
toddle

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Blitz

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a sudden, energetic, and concerted effort, typically on a specific task.
“a major press blitz”
Similar:
all-out effort
effort

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By a landslide

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an overwhelming majority of votes for one party in an election.
“winning the election by a landslide”

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Plug up

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to block. to prevent passage through by filling with something hair plugged up the drain. Synonyms & Similar Words

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Crank through

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It means accomplish or get done. Crank through might be a reference to very old cars that had to manually turned (cranked) to start the engine.
終わらせる

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Past your prime

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no longer still active and in good health. The dog was past his prime. : no longer as good at something as one once was.

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Embellish

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make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features.
“blue silk embellished with golden embroidery”
Similar:
decorate
adorn
ornament

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Shoddy job

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badly made or done.
Shod: wearing footgear
“we’re not paying good money for shoddy goods”
Similar:
poor-quality
inferior

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Predator

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a person who ruthlessly exploits others.
“a sexual predator”

44
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Skimp

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use less time, money, or material on something than is necessary in an attempt to economize.
“don’t skimp on insurance when you travel

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Feed the line

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を口先でだます、（人）をうまく言いくるめてだます、（ tell (someone) a story or an explanation that is not true
He fed me a line about how he was late because his car broke down.
I was fed the lines.

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spout

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やかんなどの）口；雨どい，排水管 · 2 （水などの）噴出；噴水，（クジラの）潮，泉；竜巻. a spout of gas; ガスの噴出

47
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Prompt

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to make something happen:
The bishop’s speech has prompted an angry response from both political parties.
Recent worries over the president’s health have prompted speculation over his political future

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Get the footing

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地位を築く

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Bravado

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a bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate.
“he possesses none of the classic wheeler-dealer’s casual bravado”
Similar:
boldness
bold

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Lagging behind

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遅れ　

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At stake

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Issue

2.
at issue or in question.
“the logical response is to give up, but there’s more at stake than logic”

52
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Motorcade

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a procession of motor vehicles, typically carrying and escorting a prominent person.
Feedback

53
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Gag order

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a judge’s order that a case may not be discussed in public.
“the council was forced to abandon an attempt to impose a gag order on this newspaper on Friday”

54
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Take a slap back

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the act of slapping someone’s back usually to express praise or approval. He gave me a slap on the back and said “Good job!”

55
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Hush money (payment)

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money paid to someone to prevent them from disclosing embarrassing or discreditable information.
“he used it as hush money for his mistress” 口止め料

56
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control the narrative

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説明や見解を操作する. They are twisting the truth in order to control the narrative ..

57
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Arraignment

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he’s scheduled for arraignment in New York on Thursday”
Similar:
indictment
accusation

58
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Wrinkle

A

clever innovation, or useful piece of information or advice.
“learning the wrinkles from someone more experienced saves time”
Similar:
guideline
hint
しわ

59
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Level against someone

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to accuse someone in public of doing something wrong:
Criticism has been levelled at senior figures in the industry.
Charges of corruption have been levelled against him.

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Dig into pocket

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to give away money:
Richer countries must dig deeper into their pockets if global problems, such as pollution, are to be solved.

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Prime the pump

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stimulate or support the growth or success of something by supplying it with money.
“capital from overseas that helps prime the US economic pump” （景気刺激策として）財政支援をする；（呼び水的な）援助［助成］をする.

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spin around

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to quickly turn your own or someone else’s body to face the opposite direction:
She spun around to see what had happened.

63
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Eyes and ears

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Very attentive

64
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Very fluid

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If situations, ideas, or plans are fluid, they are not fixed and are likely to change, often repeatedly and unexpectedly

65
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Whisk away

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take away quickly and suddenly. synonyms: whisk off.

66
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Degenerate

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having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing evidence of decline.
“a degenerate form of a higher civilization”
Similar:
debased
degraded 悪化　劣化

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Fist pump

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a gesture of triumph or affirmation in which the forearm is raised with fist clenched, then swung downward toward the body in a vigorous pumping motion.
“his 25-foot birdie was greeted with fist pumps and high fives”

68
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Braise

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fry (food) lightly and then stew it slowly in a closed container.
“I braised the beef and vegetables the day before”

69
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Off lord

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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 onto someone”
負担を他人に押し付ける

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Meaculpa

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an acknowledgment of one’s fault or error.
““Well, whose fault was that?” “Mea culpa!” Frank said”
ラテン

71
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look down one’s nose at

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to think of or treat (someone or something) as unimportant or not worthy of respect. She looked down her nose at her neighbors. writers who look down their noses at popular culture.

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Gooey

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soft and sticky.
mawkishly sentimental.
“you can love somebody without going all gooey”
Similar:
sentimental
mawkish

73
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Kick off

A

If a game of football kicks off, it starts:
What time does the game kick off?

74
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Plug in

A

Connect 繋げます

75
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Every inch

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隅々まで

76
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Nab

A

catch (someone) doing something wrong. 捕らえる
“Olympic drug tests nabbed another athlete yesterday”
Similar:
catch
capture
apprehend
arrest
take into custody
place under arrest
seize
take in
bring in
nail
cop
run in
pull in
pick up
collar
bust
pinch
nick
nobble
take, grab, or steal (something).
“Dan nabbed the seat next to mine”
ひっ捕まえる

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Stagnant

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of a body of water or the atmosphere of a confined space) having no current or flow and often having an unpleasant smell as a consequence.
“a stagnant ditch”
Similar:
still
motionless
immobile
inert
lifeless
dead
standing
slack
static
stationary
foul
stale
dirty
filthy
putrid
putrefied
brackish
Opposite:
flowing
running
fresh
showing no

78
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Blanket

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covering all cases or instances; total and inclusive.
“a blanket ban on tobacco advertising”
Similar:
wholesale
across the board

79
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(New) Ballgame

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particular situation, especially one that is completely different from the previous situation.
“making the film was a whole new ball game for her” 別の話です

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Run up against

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to experience an unexpected difficulty:
The plans for the new bridge ran up against strong local opposition

81
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throw someone’s name around

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〔有名人などの〕名前をやたらと口にする　　To mention casually or carelessly the name of someone important, powerful, or famous that one knows or with whom one is associated in order to impress others.
Look, I don’t mind helping you out with some of my political contacts behind closed doors, but you’ve got to stop throwing my name around like that while you’re doing business in public.

To mention casually or carelessly the name of someone important, powerful, or famous that one knows or with whom one is associated in order to impress others.

She spent the whole party throwing some famous dude’s name around, as if we were supposed to give a crap.
He worked on one big-budget movie, and suddenly he starts throwing big Hollywood names around like he’s one of them.

82
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outfield

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外野

83
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Run of the mill

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lacking unusual or special aspects; ordinary.ありきたりの
“a run-of-the-mill job”
Similar:
ordinary
average
standard

84
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Chuckle out

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to laugh quietly ニヤリ

85
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All-time

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これまでに無いunsurpassed.
“interest rates hit an all-time high”

86
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Bated breath

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in a nervous and excited state anticipating what will happen. They waited for the answer on their application with bated breath息を殺して

87
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the fan chant ‘USA USA’

A

ファンが唱える

88
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Scope out

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to look at (someone or something) especially in order to get information. They scoped out the area before setting up the tent. Players were scoping out the competition.

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Show them what you’re made of

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One’s true talent, fortitude, ability, 能力を見せてやれcourage, or worth, especially in the face of adversity or difficulty.
No one thinks you stand a chance in this match, but you go out there and let them see what you’re made of!
This could be the biggest trial of my career. Time to go show what I’m made of!

90
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Credit crunch

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a decline in lending activity by financial institutions brought on by a sudden shortage of funds. A credit crunch often occurs in recessions, making it nearly impossible for companies to borrow because lenders are scared of bankruptcies or defaults

91
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Gridlock

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traffic jam affecting a whole network of intersecting streets.
“the city reaches gridlock during peak hours”

92
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Reckoning

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the action or process of calculating or estimating something.
“last year was not, by any reckoning, a particularly good one”
Similar:
calculation
estimation
computation
working out
summation
counting
addition
total
tally
score
a person’s view, opinion, or judgment.
“by ancient reckoning, bacteria are plants”
Similar:
opinion
view
judgment
evaluation

93
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Foot the bill

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pay the bill for something, typically when the amount is considered large or unreasonable.

94
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Scumbag

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dishonest, unkind, or unpleasant person.

95
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Kicker

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an unexpected and surprising remark, revelation, or set of circumstances

96
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Pompous

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affectedly and irritatingly grand, solemn, or self-important.
“a pompous ass who pretends he knows everything”
Similar:
self-important
imperious
overbearing

97
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Suck and brow

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To perform two incompatible actions; to hold views which are in contradiction .

98
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Long before

A

Soon
Before long

99
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Tinned fish

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Canned fish
Sardine Herring

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