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Hold onto your socks

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忍耐強くある」「冷静でいる」といった意味です。「焦ってイライラしだす」「怒ったり動揺しだす」相手に対して「冷静でいろ」といった感じで使われる口語表現ですto hold one’s emotions in check, hold firm.

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Isomerize

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異性化する

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On my count

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I am going to count (down) and when I reach zero, you do what I told you to do用意はいいか？

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I’m not too stoked on it

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あんま気乗りしないね
Stoked: excited or euphoric.

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totally

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その通り

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Dudette

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the female version of a dude

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In shape

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in good physical condition.
“to play this game well, you have to be in shape”

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Wipe out of your loan

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an instance of complete destruction.
“a nuclear wipeout”
a complete failure.
ローンが払えなくなる

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Righteous

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US
very good; excellent.
“righteous bread pudding”

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Kit out

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to give (someone or something) the clothing or equipment needed for a particular activity. The team was kitted out in new uniforms. The room was kitted out with balloons and decorations for the party 英〉～に装備｛そうび｝を施｛ほどこ｝す◇【用法】with以下

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Subvert

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undermine the power and authority of (an established system or institution).
“the case involved an attempt to subvert the rule of law”政権｛せいけん｝などを〕倒｛たお｝す、転覆｛てんぷく｝させる · 〔～を〕滅亡｛めつぼう｝させる、〔～を〕破壊｛はかい｝する

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Pith

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オレンジなどの皮の下の白い🤍

spongy white tissue lining the rind of an orange, lemon, and other citrus fruits.

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Segment

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each of the parts into which something is or may be divided.オレンジなどの果実の部分
“a large segment of the local population”
Similar:
piece
part
bit

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Booed off

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to make an expression of strong disapproval or disagreement: People at the back started booing loudly. Her singing was so bad that she was booed off the stage.

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Creamsicle

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cocktail made with vodka, cream, orange liquor, milk and simple syrup.[1] It is a sweet, creamy cocktail that can be served as a shot or a float made with orange soda and ice cream.[2

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Improvise

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On a whim , wing it

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Visionary

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a person with original ideas about what the future will or could be like.
“he is a visionary keen on policy-making” 明確なビジョンを持った　先見性のある

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Up sticks

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go to live elsewhere.
“you could just up sticks and head for Hollywood

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Dial into

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接続する

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Crumbly

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consisting of or easily breaking into small fragments.
“the cheese is crumbly and moist”
Similar:
brittle
breakable
friable

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Crash

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to sleep. to have a temporary place to sleep or live without payment: He let me crash at his house.

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Scrimp

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be thrifty or parsimonious; economize.
“I have scrimped and saved to give you a good education”

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Have something on your plate

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to have something, usually a large amount of important work, to deal with:
She’s got a lot on her plate - especially with two new projects starting this week.

やるべきことがたくさんある」「やることがたくさんあって忙しい

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Smell blood in the water

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Sense weakness or vulnerability; be ready to attack.勝機を見出す

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Thatch

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茅葺き　サッチ

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Roll the tray

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トレイに取り分け手動かす

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Fast and furious

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full of rapid action; lively and exciting.
“the game was fast and furious”
繁盛店が忙しい様

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Down the line

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将来

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Womb

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uterus 子宮

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Salvage

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rescue (a wrecked or disabled ship or its cargo) from loss at sea.
“an emerald and gold cross was salvaged from the wreck”
Similar:
rescue
save

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Touch down

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of an aircraft or spacecraft) land.
“his plane touched down at Nice airport”
Similar:
land
alight 🌀(台風) 上陸

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Calisthenics

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form of exercise that uses a person’s body weight and requires little to no equipment. Examples of calisthenic exercises include pushups, crunches, and burpees

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Burst of salt

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塩が弾け飛ぶ

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strand

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より合わせた）綱，索，ひも，糸
1b １本の髪の毛；（髪の）編んだふさ，おさげ；（真珠・ビーズなどの）ひもに通したもの
2 （動植物の）繊維

〈船を〉岸に乗り上げさせる，座礁させる

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Foist

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偽りを〕本物［貴重なもの］だとして押し付ける［つかませる］・He foisted on his peopl…

impose an unwelcome or unnecessary person or thing on.
“don’t let anyone foist inferior goods on you”

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I wish I would have spent more time at the office!

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Nobody on their deathbed has ever said “I wish I had spent more time at the office

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Anticipatory grief

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feelings of grief or loss that are felt before the loss actually happens. People facing their own death or the death of a loved one may experience anticipatory grief

予期的グリーフとは ある人が病に侵された時、病の種類やその状況によって、家族や本人が死が避けられないことを知ることがあり、こういった時に、グリーフが実際の死を前にして予期的に始まることがあります。 それを予期的グリーフと呼んでいます。

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Scratch out (a list…)

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remove a word, especially a name, from something written, usually by putting a line through it

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Tad

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small amount of something.
“biscuits sweetened with a tad of honey”

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Footprint

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the area occupied or affected by something.
“building contractors ensured that the footprint of the former military base was reused” 場所

the impression left by a foot or shoe on the ground or a surface.
Similar:
footmark
footstep
track
偉大な足跡🐾

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Head over heels

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かかとより頭が上」。 つまり、真っ逆さまにということです。 誰かを好きになった時の興奮やワクワクで、子供みたいにはしゃいで側転をするイメージ

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exploitative, sweatshop-type employment system.

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Black company

43
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Splurge on

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to spend a lot of money on buying goods, especially expensive goods: I feel like splurging (out) on a new dress. I can happily splurge 3,000 pounds in one day.

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Keep your Nose to the grindstone

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work hard and continuously.

45
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Bear out

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support or confirm something.
“this assumption is not borne out by any evidence”

46
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Diverge

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of a separate from another route, especially a main one, and go in a different direction.
“the flight path diverged from the original flight plan”
Similar:
separate
part

47
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Homebody

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a person who likes to stay at home, especially one who is perceived as unadventurous.
“since his marriage, Brett has become a homebody”

A shut in 引きこもり

48
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Hasidic

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relating to or denoting Hasidism, a mystical Jewish movement founded in Poland in the 18th century in reaction to the rigid academicism of rabbinical Judaism.
“Hasidic Jews”

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dip out

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去る、立ち去る、何も言わずに立ち去るただ立ち去るという意味と、黙って立ち去るという意味どちらでも使われます。 dip out 例文：; “Hey guys, I’ …

Back out

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Wait out

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wait until a particular, typically unpleasant, event or period is over.
“the weather was so severe he decided to anchor and wait out the storm”

51
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It’s not about what you know but who you know

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important in professional environments where the right connections can make all the difference 世の中で存在感を発揮するには、知識や経歴がまずは必要です。

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Float

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山車

53
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Historical picture scroll

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歴史絵巻

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inane

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silly; stupid.
“don’t constantly badger people with inane questions”

55
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Plumber’s wife

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dependent wife, sitting at home wishing her husband would deal with minor domestic problems, and/or get a job with more regular hours, and/or get a job with higher status/wages

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Oh snap!

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an exclamation of agreement or acknowledgment, often used in response to an insult.
“Since you’re an agent, maybe you should worry about your own clients! Oh snap, I forgot you don’t have any”しまった

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Don’t put words in my mouth

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to say that someone means one thing when the person really meant something else: I never said you should leave – don’t put words in my mouth. 言ってもないこと言わないでよ |

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Cringe ,
Off putting

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causing feelings of acute embarrassment or awkwardness.
“learning about sex and sexuality can be seriously cringe”ドン引きする」という意味の動詞です。 「見ていて恥ずかしい」という訳でもいいです。 … 「Everyone cringed at what I cringe every time I see it.（見る度にドン引きする）」

「Everyone cringed at what he said.（彼の発言に全員ドン引きだった）

Im so cringing….

59
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Cut throat

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murderer or other violent criminal.
“a disreputable squad of thieves, cut-throats, and deserters”
Similar:
murderer
killer
assassin
butcher
liquidator
executioner
thug
bravo
hitman
button man
slayer
homicide

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wean

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離乳

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Rehash

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put (old ideas or material) into a new form without significant change or improvement.焼き直し　再利用

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Civil rights

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the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.

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Footage (NOT footprint)

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a length of film made for movies or television.
“film footage of the riot”

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Juxtaposition

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the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
“the juxtaposition of these two images”

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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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Aphrodisiac

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a food, drink, or drug that stimulates sexual desire.
“the Romans worshiped the apple as an aphrodisiac”
Similar:
love potion
philter
stimulant

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Vis a vis

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in relation to; with regard to.
“many agencies now have a unit to deal with women’s needs vis-à-vis employment”

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Ritzy

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expensively stylish.
“the ritzy Plaza Hotel”

69
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Spin class

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Indoor cycling, often called spinning, is a form of exercise with classes focusing on endurance, strength, intervals, high intensity (race days) and recovery, and involves using a special stationary exercise bicycle with a weighted flywheel in a classroom setting.

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Head-on
Head to head

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directly confrontational.
“he was trying to avoid a head-on clash”
Similar:
direct
face to face 正面から対決

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Obsidian

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a hard, dark, glasslike volcanic rock formed by the rapid solidification of lava without crystallization. 黒曜石

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Canister

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a round or cylindrical container, typically one made of metal, used for storing such things as food, chemicals, or rolls of film.
a cylinder of pressurized gas, typically one that explodes when thrown or fired from a gun.
“riot police fired tear-gas canisters into the crowd”

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Pod style

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💊カプセル式の

74
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Water colour

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artists’ paint made with a water-soluble binder水彩画

75
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Grown and flown

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what British parents call their kids who have left home

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Defect

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abandon one’s country or cause in favor of an opposing one.
“he defected to the Soviet Union after the war”
Similar:
desert
go over to the enemy
脱北

Defect
a shortcoming, imperfection, or lack.
“genetic defects”

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Spaced out

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Stunned , Someone who is spaced out is not completely conscious of what is happening, often because of taking drugs or needing to sleep:
I hadn’t slept for two days and was completely spaced out.

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Musty

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having a stale, moldy, or damp smell.
“a dark musty library filled with old books”
Similar:
moldy
stale
fusty
damp

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Snow under (get snowed under)

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to have so much work that you have problems dealing with it all: I’m absolutely snowed under with work at the moment.

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rep·er·toire

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a stock of skills or types of behavior that a person habitually uses.
“his repertoire of threats, stares, and gesturesレパートリー

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No exception

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with no one or nothing excluded.
“almost without exception, all the residents are opposed to this vandalism”

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Vise

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万力

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char·cu·te·rie

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シャクトリ　cold cooked meats collectively (仏)

84
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Gonud

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生殖系の一部であり、卵子（卵巣）または精子（精巣）を産生放出する。

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Gush

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of a liquid) flow out in a rapid and plentiful stream, often suddenly.
“William watched the murky liquid gushing out” 勢｛いきお｝いよく流れ出る、ほとばしり出る、湧｛わ｝き出る · しゃべりまくる、大げさにまくしたてる、夢中｛むちゅう
Similar:
surge
burst
spout
spurt

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Whacked

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completely exhausted.
“I’m not staying long—I’m whacked”

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rubble

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waste or rough fragments of stone, brick, concrete, etc., especially as the debris from the demolition of buildings.
“two buildings collapsed, trapping scores of people in the rubble”
Similar:
debris
remains

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Behind me

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過ぎ去った、終わった」のような意味があり

in or to a position further back than; at the rear of; at the back of

89
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Political spectrum

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意見・現象・症状などが、あいまいな境界をもちながら連続していること。

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Commend

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he was commended by the judge for his courageous actions”
Similar:
praise
compliment

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shell-shocked

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shocked or confused because of a sudden alarming experience.
“he told shell-shocked investors that the company needed still more money to survive the year”

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For-profit

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denoting an organization that operates to make a profit, especially one (such as a hospital or school) that would more typically be nonprofit.
“a scheme to create a chain of for-profit schools”

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Never Wavered

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芯をしっかりと堅持する

to begin to doubt or lose your determination to do something: He never wavered as the leading voice of African-Americans’ call for freedom and equality

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Quivering

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trembling or shaking with a slight rapid motion.
“a man with a quivering voice”震え

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Synominous

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of a word or phrase) having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word or phrase in the same language.
“aggression is often taken as synonymous with violence”

96
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Put out (new product)

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世に送り出す

lay something out ready for use.
“she put out glasses and paper napkins”

97
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Its no wonder

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不思議じゃない

not surprising
idiom. used to say that something is not surprising. (It’s) No wonder you’re hungry; you didn’t have any breakfast.

98
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To finish off

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仕上げに

99
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Nothing make a bad impression that-(bad handshake)

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〜ほど悪い印象はない

100
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Stamp out

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Stop , put an end to

101
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Isomer

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CHEMISTRY
each of two or more compounds with the same formula but a different arrangement of atoms in the molecule and different properties.

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