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Genital

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relating to the human or animal reproductive organs.
“the genital area”

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EOD

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End of the day

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Get the better sense

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自分{じぶん}の立場{たちば}をよりよく[はっきりと]理解{りかい}[認識{にんしき}]する 表現パターンget [have] a better sense of where one

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Blow-by-blow

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precisely detailed; describing every minute detail and step:
a blow-by-blow account of the tennis match; a blow-by-blow report on the wedding ceremony.

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Keep up the appearance

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体裁を取り繕う

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Masquerade

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pretend to be someone one is not.
“a journalist masquerading as a man in distress”

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Phishing

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the fraudulent practice of sending emails or other messages purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers.
“respondents named ransomware and phishing as leading security concerns”

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Take sth on

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to accept a particular job or responsibility: She took too much on and made herself ill

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Not long after xx

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a short time later

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Runner-up

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2位、In a competition, the runner-up is usually the person who comes in second place. In the Olympics, an athlete who wins a silver medal can be called a runner-up.

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Reel

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よろめく, ふらつき歩く

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Take its toll

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大きな被害[打撃]を与える

have an adverse effect.
“years of pumping iron have taken their toll on his body”

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Implode

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collapse or cause to collapse violently inwards.
“both the windows had imploded”
end or fail suddenly or dramatically.
“can any amount of aid save the republic from imploding?”

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Roll into one
Bundle in

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combined together into one thing or person. It’s a shopping center, amusement park, and nightclub (all) rolled into one.

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In line with
Correspond with

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〜の通り 
I’m line with my prediction

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The real deal

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a person or thing considered to be a genuine or supremely good example of their kind.
“their love affair seems pretty close to the real deal”

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Rude awaking

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surprising and unpleasant discovery that one is mistaken

It was a rude awakening to learn after I left home that I wasn’t so special anymore

rude awakening 《a ~》嫌な[不都合な]事実[現実]を突然知ること

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Progressive

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advancement toward better conditions or policies or methods. synonyms: progressiveness.

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Regressive

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adjective (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases

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Turn me off

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to cause someone to lose interest: Her offensive remarks really turned me off
ドン引き

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Shell game

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a deceptive and evasive action or ploy, especially a political one.
plural noun: shell games
“he played a shell game, misleading the tax department about his real worth”

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Lousy

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1.
INFORMAL
very poor or bad.
“the service is usually lousy”
Similar:
awful
terrible
appalling

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be more than meets the eye

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Difficult to understand

not as simple as it looks
more complex or difficult than first imagined
Source: theidioms.com

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All the way through

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from start to finish

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Weighted in

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to become involved in an argument or discussion in a forceful way:
Several leading architects weighed in with criticisms regarding the design of the new museum.

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haemorrhage

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an escape of blood from a ruptured blood vessel.
“a massive hemorrhage of the brain”

“Hemorrhage of cash”

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When it was flying highest

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絶好調だった時

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Revelation

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a surprising and previously unknown fact that has been disclosed to others.
“revelations about his personal life”
Similar:
disclosure
surprising fact

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Onerous

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of a task or responsibility) involving a great deal of effort, trouble, or difficulty.
“he found his duties increasingly onerous”
Similar:
burdensome
heavy

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Tone-deaf

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Someone who is tone-deaf is not able to recognize different notes or sing tunes accurately:
I’m not quite tone-deaf, but a singing career has never been something I’ve considered.音痴

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Vendetta

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a prolonged bitter quarrel with or campaign against someone.
“he has accused the British media of pursuing a vendetta against him”
Similar: 代々の恨み
feud
blood feud
quarrel

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Granny

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one’s grandmother.
“goodbye, Granny”

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Rush of dopamine

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ドーパミンが出てきて

Dopamine can provide an intense feeling of reward. Dopamine is most notably involved in helping us feel pleasure as part of the brain’s reward system

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Win-lose margins

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勝ち負けの差
Win-lose margins are hundreds of seconds.

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Roll in

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be received in large amounts.
“the money was rolling in”
大金が転がり込み

to arrive in great numbers or amounts:
money rolls in Once our business gets started, the money will be rolling in.

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Ascetic life

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avoiding physical pleasures and living a simple life, often for religious reasons: They live a very ascetic life.

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Tingle

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experience or cause to experience a slight prickling or stinging sensation.
“she was tingling with excitement”
Similar:
prickle

身体{しんたい}の一部{いちぶ}をたくさんの針{はり}で軽く突{つ}いたように〕ズキズキ[ヒリヒリ・チクチク・ピリピリ]させる

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Walk off

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take a walk in order to undo the effects of a heavy meal.
“enjoy some invigorating fresh air and walk off the excesses of the festive season”

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phony-baloney

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nonsensical; foolish

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Do more harm than good

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to be damaging and not helpful: Getting involved at this stage would do more harm than good. Dangerous and harmful. adverse.

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Rush of Adrenaline

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a hormone (= chemical substance) produced by the body when a person is frightened, angry, or excited, which makes the heart beat faster and prepares the body to react to danger

小林先生:アドレナリンとはホルモンの一種です。ホルモンには、健康や生命、成長などを維持するために、体のさまざまな機能を調節する役割がありますが、アドレナリンは、人間が外敵から襲われ、生き延びるためには戦うか逃げるしかないといった、まさに生命の危機というような状態になったときに出るホルモンです。

ーーまさに「ここ一番!」といったときに出るホルモンということですね。では、アドレナリンが出ると体内ではどのような変化があるのですか?

小林先生:いつも以上の力が出せる状態になります。アドレナリンは、心拍数を上げ、体内により多くの酸素を供給できるように血流を流します。そして筋肉にエネルギーを送ったり、瞳孔を開いて周囲がよく見えるようにしたりします。あと、膀胱を広げて尿をためやすくしたりもします。戦ったり逃げたりしている途中に、おしっこをしたくなったら困りますからね。

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No pain no gain

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No effort no result. Fortune favours the brave. No guts no glory. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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Stage fright

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nervousness before or during an appearance before an audience.
“an attack of stage fright”

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Solitude

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the state or situation of being alone.
“she savoured her few hours of freedom and solitude”
Similar:
loneliness
solitariness

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Mishmash

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a confused mixture.
“a mishmash of outmoded ideas”
Similar:
jumble
mess

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On edge

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tense, nervous, or irritable.
“never had she felt so on edge before an interview”

47
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Swat

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hit or crush (something, especially an insect) with a sharp blow from a flat object.
“I swatted a mosquito that had landed on my wrist”パシッと打つ

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Unsettling

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causing anxiety or uneasiness; disturbing.
“the finale may come as an unsettling shock”

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Roll the dice

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a risky attempt to do or achieve something.
“the merger was their last roll of the dice, and it failed miserably”

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Hard-earned

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earned by working very hard

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Get-rich-quick

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DEROGATORY
designed or concerned to make a lot of money fast.

52
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Odometer

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an instrument for measuring the distance travelled by a wheeled vehicle.

53
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Make ones way

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to travel or move to a place:
We slowly made our way down the river.〜につれて

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On the rise

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becoming greater or more numerous; increasing.
“prices were on the rise”
becoming more successful.
“young stars on the rise”

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Grieve

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feel intense sorrow.
“she grieved for her father”
Similar:
mourn
lament

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Perennial

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lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring.
“his perennial distrust of the media”
Similar:
everlasting
perpetual

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Outliving

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of a person) live longer than (another person).
“women generally outlive men”
survive or last beyond (a specified period or expected lifespan).
“the organization had largely outlived its usefulness”

58
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Chivalry

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the medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code.
“the age of chivalry”

Chivalry is polite, kind, and unselfish behaviour, especially by men towards women チバリー

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Gracious

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behaving in a pleasant, polite, calm way: 偉い人が下の者に対して寛大な心で)丁重な
a gracious smile
グレーシャス

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Passive-aggeesive

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(of behaviour) characterized by indirect resistance to the demands of others and avoidance of direct confrontation.
“the couple have a passive-aggressive exchange about what to order for dinner”

この”passive aggressive”というのは、直接、不満や怒り、攻撃性を相手に示すのではなく、表面的にはやわらかい物腰で、暗に怒りや抵抗を表現して相手を攻撃することを言います。

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Abreast

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side by side and facing the same way.
“the path was wide enough for two people to walk abreast”
Similar:
in a row
side by side

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Subtlety

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the quality or state of being subtle.
“the textural subtlety of Degas”
Similar:
delicacy
delicateness
subtleness
elusiveness
faintness
understatedness
understatement
mutedness
softness
astuteness
keenness
acuteness
fineness
sharpness
razor-sharpness
sharp-wittedness
canniness
shrewdness
perceptiveness
perception
discernment
sensitivity
discrimination
penetration
percipience
perspicacity
perspicuity
acuity
sagacity
wisdom
cleverness
intelligence
skilfulness
skill
artfulness
dexterity
brightness
finesse
savvy
sapience
ingenuity
expertise
adroitness
complexity
intricacy
cunning
guile
craftiness
wiliness
deviousness
Opposite:
slow-wittedness
dullness
crudeness
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Cosmopolitan

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外国人への偏見がない

including people from many different countries.
“immigration transformed the city into a cosmopolitan metropolis”
Similar:
international
multiracial

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Word of Wisdom

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Good advice

a friend may give you words of wisdom when going through a hard time

65
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Polygamy

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Polygamy is the practice of marrying multiple spouses. When a man is married to more than one wife at the same time, sociologists call this polygyny.

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Gentile

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a person who is not Jewish.

Jews and Gentiles The war memorial was dedicated to both Jews and Gentiles.

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Testament

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1.
a person’s will, especially the part relating to personal property.
“father’s will and testament”
2.
something that serves as a sign or evidence of a specified fact, event, or quality.
“growing attendance figures are a testament to the event’s popularity”

68
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Put finger on it

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to discover the exact reason why a situation is the way it is, especially when something is wrong:
There’s something odd about him, but I can’t quite put my finger on it.

69
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Crummy

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dirty, unpleasant, or of poor quality.
“a crummy little room”
Similar:
inferior
substandard

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Atonement

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悪事や損害に対する〕罪滅ぼし、償い、補償 《キリスト教

in religious contexts) reparation or expiation for sin.
“an annual ceremony of confession and atonement for sin”

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Proxy

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the authority to represent someone else, especially in voting.
“Britons overseas may register to vote by proxy”

a written document that officially gives someone the authority to do something for another person, for example by voting at a meeting for them:
A creditor may give a proxy to any person of full age requiring him or her to vote for or against any specified resolution.

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Tithe

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one tenth of annual produce or earnings, formerly taken as a tax for the support of the Church and clergy.
(in certain religious denominations) a tenth of an individual’s income pledged to the Church.タイス
ARCHAIC
a tenth of a specified thing.
“he hadn’t said a tithe of the prayers he knew”

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Calling

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a strong wish to do a job, usually one that is socially valuable:
I’m glad she’s going into medicine. It’s a very worthy calling.

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Rally

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recover or cause to recover in health, spirits, or poise.
“he floundered for a moment, then rallied again”
Similar:
recover
improve

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RIF

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Reduction in force (RIF) is when companies reduce the number of employees through layoffs, furloughs, or terminations.

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Crept up

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If the value or amount of something creeps up, it slowly increases:
Over the last year, the rate of inflation has crept up to almost seven percent.

77
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Chopping off

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to remove (something) by cutting. She’d had her ponytail chopped off

78
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RRIF

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A registered retirement income fund (RRIF) is an arrangement between you and a carrier (an insurance company, a trust company or a bank) that we register. You transfer property to your RRIF carrier from an RRSP, a PRPP, an RPP, an SPP, from another RRIF, or from an FHSA and the carrier makes payments to you.

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Clamp down on sth

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to take strong action to stop or limit a harmful or unwanted activity:
The government is clamping down on teenage drinking.

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Liquefy

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make or become liquid.
“the minimum pressure required to liquefy a gas”

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Drizzle

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(in cooking) trickle a thin stream of (a liquid ingredient) over food.
“drizzle the clarified butter over the top”
Similar:
trickle
sprinkle
drip醤油を垂らすイメージ

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Ambience

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the character and atmosphere of a place.
“the relaxed ambience of the cocktail lounge is popular with guests”
Similar:
atmosphere
air
aura

83
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WORK OF ART

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something that is made by an artist : a painting, sculpture, etc., that is created to be beautiful or to express an important idea or feeling. a beautiful work of art.

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Called it

A

my prediction proved correct

“I called it”

85
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Folklore

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the traditional beliefs, customs, and stories of a community, passed through the generations by word of mouth.
Similar:
mythology
lore

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Crumbly

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consisting of or easily breaking into small fragments.
“the cheese has a sharp flavour and is crumbly and moist”

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nail-biter

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a situation causing great anxiety or tension.
“a nail-biter of a victory”

88
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Walk of fame

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A street or walkway decorated with memorials to famous or illustrious individuals usually chosen by a group of electors

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Hit the jackpot

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have great or unexpected success, especially in making a lot of money quickly.
“the theatre hit the jackpot with its first musical”

90
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Patriarchy

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a system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is reckoned through the male line.

91
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Retina

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a layer at the back of the eyeball that contains cells sensitive to light, which trigger nerve impulses that pass via the optic nerve to the brain, where a visual image is formed.網膜👁️

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Early on

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早い段階から

93
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Play out

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to perform to the end

) 〈…を〉最後まで演じる; 〈試合などを〉最後までやる. (2

play out a role

94
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Inversion

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a situation in which something is changed so that it is the opposite of what it was before, or in which something is turned upside down:
Her account of the case was an inversion of the facts (= it said the opposite of what really happened).
逆転

95
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Quote unquote

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used in speech to show that one is exactly repeating someone else’s words
He said he’s been living under, quote, unquote, “ intense pressure.”

96
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Go sideways

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When something is supposed to be going forward and then is interrupted and flanked by unexpected issues that prevent it from doing so
酷いことになった

97
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Fell through

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come to nothing; fail.
“the project fell through due to lack of money”

98
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Water under the bridge

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used to refer to events that are in the past and consequently no longer to be regarded as important.
“I don’t want to talk about that—it’s all water under the bridge now”

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Undue influence

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influence by which a person is induced to act otherwise than by their own free will or without adequate attention to the consequences
機会や脆弱性を利用して被害者を利用すること。被害者がインフルエンサーが欲しがる資産を手放すという状況が悪用されます

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Soul searching

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deep and anxious consideration of one’s emotions and motives or of the correctness of a course of action.
“my conclusions required a great deal of soul-searching”
鋭い自己反省、自己省察、反省