59 Flashcards
Gate lice
“Gate lice” is the unflattering name used to describe travelers who crowd the gate before boarding. These overeager passengers likely want to secure overhead bin space to prevent lost luggage
Excruciate
torment (someone) physically or mentally.
“I stand back, excruciated by the possibility”
Consensual
with the willing agreement of all the people involved:
The woman alleged rape, but Reeves insisted it was consensual.
consensual sex
pull the wool over someone’s eyes
deceive someone by telling untruths.
Similar:
deceive
fool
trick
Unrivaled
having no equal; better than any other of the same type:
The museum boasts an unrivaled collection of French porcelain.
intravenous drip
IV
点滴
Unfazed
not confused, worried
push ones luck
push one’s luck 〈話〉欲張ったことをする、図［調子］に乗る、悪乗りする、いい気になる
Get over yourself
stop thinking that you are so important; to stop being so serious. Just get over yourself and stop moaning! He needs to grow up a bit and get over himself. イイ気になるな
divvy up sth
to share something between a number of people:
They haven’t yet decided how to divvy up the proceeds from the sale.
canary in the coal mine
an early indicator of potential danger or failure.
“native brook trout are very much the canary in the coal mine for the health of a stream”
heartthrob
a rapid beat or pulsation of the heart.
If you describe someone, especially a man, as a heartthrob, you mean that they are physically very attractive, so that a lot of people fall in love with them.
Haven’t slept a wink
If you say that you did not sleep a wink or did not get a wink of sleep, you mean that you tried to go to sleep but could not.
Human branding
Human branding or stigmatizing is the process by which a mark, usually a symbol or ornamental pattern, is burned into the skin of a living person, with the intention that the resulting scar makes it permanent. This is performed using a hot or very cold branding iron. It 焼印
Slingshot
パチンコ
to push something or someone somewhere with a lot of force, or to be pushed somewhere with a lot of force:
The surfers used jet skis to provide them with the initial momentum to slingshot them onto the giant waves.
Still wine
As a general rule, still wines are dry wines. Still wines usually have an alcohol content that ranges from a minimum of 8.5º to a maximum of 14.5º. These wines can be white, rosé or red, but never sparkling. In other words, still wine is the traditional wine we all know,
Miss the boat
チャンスに乗り遅れるぞ
Qualified tenants
those that have a proven track record of financial responsibility and rule-abiding behavior, indicating their ability to pay rent and not damage the property.Sep
Fear-mongering
the action of intentionally trying to make people afraid of something when this is not necessary or reasonable:
“Fearmongering about vaccines is dangerous to all of us,” she said.
It can be difficult to separate the facts from the fear-mongering. 恐怖を煽る
Clamped down
to take strong action to stop or limit a harmful or unwanted activity:
The government is clamping down on teenage drinking.
しっかり固定する
Put a generous amount of
いっぱい塗って
Laying it over
広げて
Biophilia
The biophilia hypothesis (also called BET) suggests that humans possess an innate tendency to seek connections with nature and other forms of life. Edward O. Wilson introduced and popularized the hypothesis in his book, Biophilia (1984).[1] He defines biophilia as “the urge to affiliate with other forms of life”
バイオフィリア（生命愛）は、Stephen R. KellertとEdward O. Wilsonが提唱した概念・仮説であり、「全ての人は自然や生き物との結びつきを求める」とされています。
森を歩くだけで癒されたり、雨音や鳥のさえずりを聞くだけで心が落ち着いたりするのは、生まれながらに持っているバイオフィリアの作用によるものなのです。
Odds and ends
miscellaneous articles or remnants.
“we bought batteries for the radio and a few other odds and ends”
Similar:
bits and pieces. 野暮用
Pen
write or compose.
“Olivia penned award-winning poetry”
Strike a chord
If something strikes a chord, it causes people to approve of it or agree with it:
Their policy on childcare has struck a responsive chord with women voters.
Her speech struck a sympathetic chord among business leaders.
「strike a chord」は「共感を呼ぶ」、「心に響く」という意味の素敵な表現です。
ギターやピアノなどの「コードをを弾く」という直訳なので、「波長が合う」、「ピンとくる」、「シックリくる」というニュアンスがあります。
be chilled/frozen to the marrow
to be extremely cold
unfazed
not surprised or worried:
She seems unfazed by her sudden success and fame.
Faze
to surprise and worry someone:
No one is fazed by the sight of guns here any more.
unfathomable
impossible to understand:
For some unfathomable reason they built the toilet next to the kitchen.
Cot
a camp bed, particularly a portable, collapsible one.
“the homeless survivors were put up on army cots in the local high school”
Invisious
likely to cause unhappiness or be unpleasant, especially because it is unfair:
Such a difficult choice placed her in an invidious position.
Mortify
to make someone very embarrassed:
The thought of the incident still mortified her.
Synonym
humiliate
Motto
a short sentence or phrase that expresses a belief or purpose:
Her motto is “Work hard, play hard”.
Compare
slogancatchword
Resist the impulse
衝動を抑えろ
Puppy mill
an establishment that breeds puppies for sale, typically on an intensive basis and in conditions regarded as inhumane.
“they are urging a national boycott of pet stores that sell puppies bred in puppy mills”
J’accuse!
The accusation
Accusation
a statement saying that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal, or unkind, or the fact of accusing someone:
You can’t just make wild accusations like that!
drive a wedge between someone
to damage the good relationship that two people or groups of people have:
It doesn’t make sense to let things that happened in the past drive a wedge between us now.
Push the right button
to successfully cause a reaction or emotion in someone, especially when this makes them do what you want :
The coach has pushed the right buttons with his players this season.うまく行った
Alacrity
speed and eagerness:
She accepted the money with alacrity.
Fester
of food or garbage) become rotten and offensive to the senses.
“a gully full of garbage that festered in the shade”
Similar:
rot
(of a negative feeling or a problem) become worse or more intense, especially through long-term neglect or indifference.
“anger which festers and grows in his heart”
Intetloper
someone who becomes involved in an activity or a social group without being asked, or enters a place without permission: 侵入者
Security did not prevent an interloper from getting onto the stage at the opening ceremony.
Synonym
intruder
Yanking chain
to annoy someone
[mainly US, informal] to say something to annoy someone. When would I learn to smarten up and ignore her when she yanked my chain?
Hit the hardest
to be affected badly : to be harmed.
Holy grail
something that people want and are looking for but that is extremely difficult to find or get:
the holy grail Sustained nuclear fusion is the holy grail of the power industry.
Eye-watering
extremely surprising, because of being great in amount: The oil giants’ profits are eye-watering. Despite taking an eyewatering pay cut, he has no regrets about his career change. Fewer examples.
Persona
the particular type of character that a person seems to have and that is often different from their real or private character:
He had a shy, retiring side to his personality that was completely at odds with his public persona.
本来、ペルソナ（Persona）とは心理学の用語であり、スイスの心理学者カール・グスタフ・ユングが提唱した概念です。 もともとペルソナとは、古典劇で役者が使用する「仮面」を意味します。 ユングは、「人間の外的側面・自分の内面に潜む自分」をペルソナと定義しました
waterboarding
waterboarding 【名】〔拷問・自白強要などのための〕水責め
a form of torture, typically used as an interrogation technique, in which a person is strapped head-down on a sloping board with the mouth and nose covered while water is poured over their face, causing them to experience a sensation similar to that of drowning.
“his lawyers told the court that he was subjected to waterboarding on more than 80 occasions”
penultimate
next to the last
最後から二番目
Troupe
a group of dancers, actors, or other entertainers who tour to different venues.
“a dance troupe”トゥループ
Rein in (one’s spendings)
to make a horse go more slowly or stop by pulling on its reins
to limit or control
Malicious
intended to harm or upset other people:
malicious gossip
Snake oil salesman
someone who deceives people in order to get money from them:
He was dubbed a “modern day snake oil salesman” after he ripped off thousands of internet customers.
Dangle
to hang loosely, or to hold something so that it hangs loosely:
Loose electric wires were dangling from the wall.
He dangled the puppet in front of the children.だらんとぶら下がっているさま
Whizz-kid
a young person who is very clever and successful:
They’ve taken on some financial whizz-kid.
Incriminate
to make someone seem guilty, especially of a crime:
A secret report incriminating the company was leaked last week.
Square up
to turn so that you are facing someone directly, in order to prepare to fight them:
The players squared up to each other and started shouting.相手に立ち向かう
Be in the frame
to be a possible suspect for a crime (= someone who it is thought may have committed it):
He had the victim’s blood on his clothes, which automatically put him in the frame for the murder.
They must know they’re in the frame, otherwise why would they try to cover up their actions?
Strike gold
獲物を勝ちとった
金賞🥇を取る
Plunger (caddy)
トイレのきゅっぽん
Peel back ( the layer )
上のカバーを剥ぎ取る
wild story
飛んでもない とてつもない話
Goldilocks
used to describe a situation in which something is or has to be exactly right: The Mayor takes a Goldilocks approach to his city’s 18 percent growth: It’s not too fast and not too slow. Its nickname is the Goldilocks Bird, because it nests only when water levels are “just right”
Rail against
to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings we could hear the cook in the kitchen railing against his assistant and wondered if we’d ever get our food. scold
Grandstanding
acting or speaking in a way intended to attract the good opinion of other people who are watching
主に軽蔑的・批判的に〕スタンドプレー、存在を誇示する［これ見よがしの］行動
Squiffy
slightly drunk:
“I’ve only had one glass of sherry and I feel squiffy already,” she said.
Plastic jug
Plastic bottles, sometimes called jugs, have largely replaced glass bottles for home consumption
david and goliath story
ダビデはゴリアテにむかってはしって行いくと，すばやくいしなげきで石いしを投なげました。石いしはゴリアテのひたいに打うち当あたり，大男おおおとこは地面じめんにたおれました。しゅはダビデがつるぎもぶぐも身みにつけずにゴリアテをたおせるようにたすけてくださったのです
Comfortable in ones own skin
Relaxed and confident
“Though his girlfriend’s group of friends are all older and more established in life, he is comfortable enough in his own skin to have no problem mingling with them at parties.”
Yonder
in the place or direction shown; over there
at some distance in the direction indicated; over there.
“there’s a ford south of here, about nine miles yonder”
timelessness
the quality of not changing as the years go past, or as fashion changes:
She obviously chose these tracks for their timelessness, their ability to transcend generations.
Siphon
to take money, especially dishonestly, and use it for a purpose for which it was not intended:
siphon off funds/millions/money
siphon sth from sth He siphoned €600,000 from company accounts to pay for his secret lifestyle.
siphon sth away Millions of dollars of city funds were siphoned away in the form of fake property tax refunds.
Crop up
to happen or appear unexpectedly:
Her name keeps cropping up in conversation.
veritable
本当の、真の、正真正銘の、本物の
BICKERING
arguments about things that are not important:
I’m tired of their constant bickering.
The group finally elected a leader after several days of bickering.
bickering 【名】 〔ささやかなことについての〕言い争い、口げんか、口論 激論
FOLEY
フォーリー(foley)とは？ 映像を再生しながら、それにあわせて動作音を録音する手法をフォーリーと呼びます。 (音響制作者ジャック・フォーリーさんの名前
SARGE
sergeant.
“the sarge was going to kill him”
Smoosh
squash, crush, or flatten.
“use a sharp knife so as not to smoosh the broccoli”
Ricochet
跳ね飛び、跳ね返り、（石の）水切り
of a bullet, shell, or other projectile) rebound one or more times off a surface.
“a bullet ricocheted off a nearby wall”
Infraction
an occasion when someone breaks a rule or law:
infraction of Any attempt to influence the judges will be seen as an infraction of the rules.
Arduous
difficult, needing a lot of effort and energy:
an arduous climb/task/journey
Lanyard
a long piece of cord (= thick string), etc. worn around the neck, on which a security pass, ID card, key, etc. is hung:
Workers wear ID badges dangling from departmental lanyards.
Netting out sth
to subtract a cost, etc. from an amount of money: The company has suffered pressure from higher raw material costs and changes in a number of its markets. When these are netted out, earnings will stabilize.
TF
TF stands for the fuck, a handy, all-purpose internet swear for questions, exclamations, and declarations. It’s often used on its own to show emotions like disbelief or disgust.
Who TF did xxxxx
Losing ones heads
idiom. : to become very upset or angry. He lost his head and said some things he regrets.
Dingy
dark and often also dirty:
a dingy room/corridor
Her hair was a dingy brown colour.
Snatch
to take something or someone away by force:
The six-year-old girl was snatched from a playground and her body was found two days later.
quickly seize (something) in a rude or eager way.
“she snatched a cookie from the plate”
Similar:
grab
seize
seize hold of
grab hold of
take hold of
lay hold of
lay (one’s) hands on
get one’s hands on
take
pluck
take a grip of
grip
grasp
clutch
noun
1.
an act of snatching or quickly seizing something.
“a quick snatch of breath”
2.
WEIGHTLIFTING
the rapid raising of a weight from the floor to above the head in one movement
Delusion
belief in something that is not true:
[ + that ] He’s under the delusion that he will be promoted this year.
Put down
to write someone’s name on a list or document, usually in order to include that person in an event or activity:
Do you want me to put you down for the trip to London?
Compel
to force someone to do something:
[ + to infinitive ] As a schoolboy he was compelled to wear shorts even in winter.
Whiplash
neck injury caused by a sudden forward movement of the upper body, especially in a car accident:
a whiplash injury
Like-minded
having similar tastes or opinions.
“a small group of like-minded friends”
Cornerstone
something of great importance that everything else depends on:
In most countries, the family unit is still the cornerstone of society.
Prop up
give support to something, especially a country or organization, so that it can continue to exist in a difficult situation:
How long is the government likely to survive without the US military force there to prop it up?
Hog the road
drive so that other vehicles cannot go past
Dash
to hit something with great force, especially causing damage:
The tidal wave dashed the ship against the rocks.
Waves dashed against the cliffs.
Mischief
behaviour, especially a child’s, that is slightly bad but is not intended to cause serious harm or damage:
She’s a lively little girl, full of mischief.
On the run
trying to avoid being captured.
“a kidnapper on the run from the FBI”
Similar:
at large
dogging
sexual activity between people in a public place
Name and shame
to publicly say that a person, group, or business has done something wrong
“MEPs called for the auditors to name and shame the countries guilty of misusing EU funds.”
