4 Flashcards
Spread yourself too thin
Try to do many difficult things at the same time
The jet set
Rich and fashionable people who travels a lot
Nook
Small quiet place Tahiti’s sheltered
In the face of
Despite problems
Get out
Become known
If news or information gets out, people hear about it although someone is trying to keep it secret:
I don’t want it to get out that I’m leaving before I’ve had a chance to tell Anthony.
Untapped
Available but not yet used
Augment
Increase
Push for something
To repeatedly ask for something or try to make something happen
Dish out
Give distribute large amount of something
Cull
Pick
Into
Interested in
Tempered glass
Safety glass increase strength
With that
さあそれでは
I would be eternally greatful
Appreciated very much
Yet again
As usual いつも通り
“Yet again” is an adverbial phrase that means something has happened multiple times before. For example, “I’m afraid it’s been delayed yet again
The best day of any kind
The best day ever
Get it done
Solve any problem
to complete a task, often with a sense of urgency.
Armpits
脇の下
Accentuate
make more noticeable or prominent.
Encompass
to include different types of things:
The festival is to encompass everything from music, theatre, and ballet to literature, cinema, and the visual arts.
Don’t let it
Don’t depressed
Plug that in
‘That’ を入れて
Spare head
Lead
Liaise
Establish working relationships, cooperative
Pull my hair out
Exasperated
to be very anxious about something:
When they still weren’t home by midnight, I was pulling my hair out.
Fluff
つまらない物
Trailer
Excerpt
予告編
Fathom
Understand
Dissect
Anatomize
Soft skill
Communication skill, problem solving skill
White elephant
Clutter
something that somebody no longer wants but that is offered for sale to other people:
Please donate all your white elephants for us to sell in our charity shop.
Employees organized a lunchtime white elephant sale which raised more than £100.
Elephant in the room
Because it makes at least someone uncomfortable
意味は、部屋の中に象のような巨大なものがいると明らか誰の目にも入っている状況ですよね。
ですが、その事をあえて話題にしない、見て見ぬふりをする、という状況を意味します。
象を大きな問題と見立てて、悩んでいるけど口に出しづらい状況を言います。
例えば、婚約を破棄された人と、新婚のカップルがいる席にお呼ばれしたとします。
その会場にいる、誰かが
“There is an elephant in the room.”
と言えば、「空気を読めよ。（婚約を破棄された人の前で結婚の話をするなよ）」となります。
Spruce up
Make look clean
to make (someone or something) look cleaner, neater, or more attractive. We spruced up the room with a fresh coat of paint. I need to spruce myself up a bit before we go out to dinner. ぎれいにする、めかす、身なりを整える、美化する
Pivot
completely change the way in which one does something.
Knock yourself out
1
: to cause oneself to become unconscious
He hit his head against the table when he fell and knocked himself out.
2
informal : to make oneself very tired by doing work
I knocked myself out to get the job done on time.
3
US —used to tell someone to go ahead and do something
“Do you mind if I use this exercise machine first?” “Knock yourself out.”
Blow up
爆破
Boba
タピオカティー
Back you off!
引っ込んでいろ
Are you done ？
もういい？
Gaslighting
Distort the truth in order to confuse
When it counts
ここぞと言う時
“When it counts” means when it is very important to do (for some reason) and at a particular time
White wash
Shortchange
Ward off
to prevent someone or something unpleasant from harming or coming close to you:
In the winter I take vitamin C to ward off colds.
She was given a magic charm to ward off evil spirits.
Few and far between
Very few
not happening or existing very often:
Apartments that are both comfortable and reasonably priced are few and far between.
In this area, good jobs are few and far between.
There are some other mental health services, but they are few and far between.
Spin out
Spin off
Out of control
a byproduct or incidental result of a larger project:
“the commercial spin-off from defense research”
SIMILAR:
consequence
result
upshot
Pumped
Fill with energy
Fray
Wear out
Protocol
Official procedure
Dupe
Trick Deceive
Bleak
Cold&miserable
Back into
Fix
Be a thing
to exist, especially when this is surprising:
I didn’t know nose hair extensions were actually a thing.
Clamp down
to take strong action to stop or limit a harmful or unwanted activity:
The government is clamping down on teenage drinking.
Hew
Cut , chop
Not
“HUE”
Exorbitant
Unreasonably high price
Inhibit
Hinder. to prevent someone from doing something by making them feel nervous or embarrassed :
be inhibited (from) Some workers were inhibited (from speaking) by the presence of their managers.
Upstart
成金
Stubble
無精髭
Misfit
仲間外れ
Circle around
堂々巡り
Double up
相部屋
to share something, especially a room, with someone else:
Terry will have to double up with Bill in the front bedroom.
to receive or use two of something:
Matt Damon doubled up, winning two Oscars that night.
Backfire
逆ギレ
逆効果
(of a plan) to have the opposite result from the one you intended:
Her plans to make him jealous backfired on her when he started dating her best friend.
Jammed finger
突き指
Deaf as a post
聾 ツンボ
Flabbergasted
Astonished
greatly surprised or astonished.
“this news has left me totally flabbergasted”
at the mercy of
completely in the power or under the control of.
Supercharge
make faster or more powerfu
Get behind the wheel
Sit drivers seat
Facelift
Renovation
Leave out
Not include
Corner cutting
Leave out necessary components
to save money or time when doing something by not including some parts, actions, or details, so that the result is not as good as it could be :
There were concerns that airport security staff under pressure might be tempted to cut corners.
Patronize
贔屓に
1.恩着せがましくする
treat in a way that is apparently kind or helpful but that betrays a feeling of superiority.
“she was determined not to be put down or patronized”
Similar:
treat condescendingly
Slay-slew
Kill
Reinstate
Restore
=return (someone or something) to a former condition, place, or position.
“the effort to restore him to office isn’t working”
Ubiquitous
Constantly encountered
Boiler plate contract
Standardized contact
Pesky
Annoying
A plethora of
A lot of
Nudge
優しく説得してそうさせるように仕向ける レベルを引き上げる to move slowly and almost reach a higher point or level:
Oil prices continue to nudge higher.
to encourage or persuade someone to do something in a way that is gentle rather than forceful or direct:
He cleverly nudges us towards the conclusion he himself has reached.
Out of pocket
自腹
It never rains but it pours
when one bad thing happens, followed by a lot of other bad things that make a bad situation worse.
一難去ってまた一難
Bashful
Shy
Pile it in
Enter large number all at once
to add a large amount of something, often in a quick or careless manner
Abrasive
Arrogant
Infatuate
Obsessively strong love for
having a very strong but not usually lasting feeling of love or attraction for someone:
infatuated with She was infatuated with one of her co-workers.
A life size cutout
等身大のボード
Raw
未熟者
Blessing in disguise
災い転じて福
Give me five!
High five
Sentry
見張り
Flip
キレる
Here it goes
はい やりまーす
Slap down
バサッと処理する
Diffuse
Spread
What’s gonna take
じゃどうするんだ？
Sign off on
To give formal approval of something
To take a step up
To give extra effort
Palatable
pleasant to taste.
Pastel colour
pale, soft, and muted colors that are created by adding white to a pure color
