Plus One English Flashcards
Moody
不機嫌な、気分の変わりやすい
Person whose moods change suddenly and they become angry or unhappy easily.
Promising
前途有望な
Something that is promising shows signs that it is going to be successful or enjoyable.
They won the award for the most promising new band of the year.
How’s your new venture going? It’s looking quite promising.
Entrepreneur
起業家
Someone who starts their own business, especially when this involves seeing a new opportunity.
Be set in stone
確定されている
To be very difficult or impossible to change
The schedule isn’t set in stone, but we’d like to stick to it pretty closely.
veterinarian
獣医
Sophisticated
Having a good understanding of the way people behave and/or a good knowledge of culture and fashion
Intelligent or made in a complicated way and therefore able to do complicated tasks
洗練された、高性能な
I don’t know I have any books that would suit your sophisticated tastes.
I think a more sophisticated approach is needed to solve this problem.
Substantial
たくさんの
Stifling humidity
息苦しいほどの蒸し暑さ
ステイフル
Tedious
つまらない、退屈な(仕事や儀式)
Tedious work
Perk
特典
Vibe
人や物から受ける
感じ、雰囲気
The mood of a place, situation, person, etc. and the way that they make you feel
The city is famous for its laid-back vibe.
I loved the overall vibe of the place but the food wasn’t that great.
Give me a buzz
= Give me a call
Shoot me an email
= send me an email
Wipe crumbs off the table
テーブルの上のゴミを取り払う
Unclog
の詰まりを除去する
Dust
のほこりをとる
Dust the furniture with a cloth
布で家具のほこりを拭きなさい
Dust off my coat, will you?
私のコートのほこりを払ってくれませんか？
Sheer
形容詞
透けるほど薄い
全くの、混じり気のない、純粋な
(崖などが)切り立った、ほとんど垂直な
副詞
全く、完全に
切り立って、ほとんど垂直に
Dissertation
論文
Get one’s point across
自分の言いたいことを人に分からせる
Plummet
株や支持率が急落する
自動詞
プラメット
Loot for
人を支援する、励ます
応援する
To show support for someone who is doing something difficult
Good luck! We’re all rooting for you.
Be raring to go
すぐにでも活動したがっている
To be very enthusiastic about starting something
I’ve bought all the paint for decorating the bedrooms and I’m rating to get started.
I had been preparing for the exam for a year and now I was raring to go.
Drowsy
眠い、眠たい
Being in a state between sleeping and being awake
a drowsy spring afternoon
The room is so warm it’s make me feel drowsy.
Pick your brain
知恵を拝借する
You know lots about technology. If you have time, can I pick your brain?
Get around to
に着手する
I haven’t got around to it, yet.
I’ve been meaning to
ずっと しようと思っていた
I’ve been meaning to get it fixed.
Turn down
Decline
Compliment
賛辞、褒め言葉、お世辞
Take the word as a compliment
Thank you for the compliment.
褒め言葉に対して、そんなことはありませんと否定せずにこう返すことがある
敬意を表す行為
I’m not much of
私はたいした ではない。
私はあまり ではないり
I’m not much of a meat eater.
I’m not much of a drinker.
I’m not much of a talker.
I’m not much of a cook.
Settle in
(新しい住居、環境に慣れて)落ち着く
To become familiar with somewhere new, such as a new house, job, or school, and to feel comfortable and happy there
I’m settled in and love the new apartment.
How are you settling in after a week working here?
I’m settling into n a little bit.
Once we’ve settled in, we’ll have you over for dinner.
Blow out of proportion
誇張する
Because of the nature of this scandal, there’s a good chance the newspapers will blow out of proportion.
Gig
コンサート(定期的に開かれる演奏会ではないものを示す)
Back-up drummer
Support drummer
Belong to this band =
Be with this band
Pricewise
値段的には
Pricewise they are better than others
Time wise
Money wise
Food wise
Design wise
Story wise
They are closed =>
They shut down
Closed their business
Closed down
On the same page
同じ考えを持っている、共有する
It’s very important that both of you are on the same page.
共通の認識を持っている、理解が一致している
Are we all the same page?
みんな理解できているかな？
広い部屋
Spacious
狭い部屋
Cramped
Next door
隣の 副詞
Neighbor next door
End upの使い方
場所で最終的に有る場所に落ち着いたりある状況になる
How did you end up in Australia?
He ended up in hospitals
End up ing
Story
階
Five-story-building
Intensify
強める
The storm intensified into a toenado
Rip off
騙し取る
災害などが をもぎ取る
To cheat someone by making pay too much money for something.
Ripping the walls off the house
Rob’s tickets cost much less than ours. I think we’ve been ripped off.
Suck
吸う
Rippling the walls off the house and sucking him in
It’s safe to say that
と言っても過言ではありません
It’s safe to say that we will be able to avoid the penalty.
It’s safe to say that he had the ride of his life.
The ride of one’s life
一生に一度の(思い出？、経験？)
Drop charges against
への告訴を取り下げる、断念する
The local police department dropped all charges against the thief for saving the officers’ lives
Take turn
交代でやる
Take turn ing
It’s a long way. Let’s take turns driving.
We take turns making dinner every day.
Hit it off
仲良くする、意気投合する
You two really seemed to hit it off
Triumph
勝利を収める
勝利、偉業
トライアンムフ
A very great success, achievement, or victory, or a feeling or great satisfaction or pleasure caused by this
She felt a sense of triumph when she finished the marathon.
After many years of hard work, his triumph was finally realized.
Mishap
災難、不幸、不運
iにアクセント
Off the cuff
形容詞
即興で、即座に
If you speak off the cuff, you say something without having prepared or thought about your words first.
I hadn’t prepared a speech, so I just said a few words off the cuff.
Accosted
Be accosted
声がかかる
A woman was accosted by a strange guy
Improvise
即興でやる
Vにストレス
To invent or make something, such as a speech or a device, at the time when it is needed without already having planned it.
I hadn’t prepared a speech so I suddenly had to improvise.
The comedian decided to improvise a scene about a misunderstanding at the sushi bar.
Resonate
共鳴する
To produce, increase, or fill with sound, by vibration objects that are near.
His voice resonated in the empty church.
The noise of the bell resonated through the building.
The object resonate at a certain level of frequency.
The streets resonated with gunfire, keeping residents in a fear.
Debunk
正体を暴く
ディバンク
To show that something is not true.
Every week some long-held medical theory is debunked.
Do you think this story was debunked or not?
Dig into
Look into
I need to dig into the data to find the problem
Blow something out of proportion
大げさに言う
Social media blow their news out of proportion
Incredulous
懐疑的な、疑い深い
インクレジュラス
Not wanting or not able to believe something and usually showing this
I was received with polite but incredulous smiles.
A few incredulous spectators watched in as Paterson, ranked 23rd in the world, beat the champion.
Be in the mend
快方に向かっている
調子が良くなってきている
Be getting better
I’ve been Ill the flu, but I am on the mend.
Make a pitch
プレゼンをする
To an extent
ある程度
I agree with you to an extent
Make a fuss
大騒ぎをする、騒ぎ立てる
What are they making a fuss about?
ファス
Reach the maximum usage
最大使用量に到達する
Linger
長居する
To take a long time to leave or disappear
After the play had finished, we lingered for a while in the bar hoping to catch sight of the actors.
The smell from the fire lingered days later.
Up in the air
漠然としている
If a matter is up in the air, it is uncertain, often because other matters have to be decided first.
His plans are up in the air at the moment.
The whole future project is still up in the air.
Versatile
多才な、多目的な、
何をやらせてもうまい、何にでも利用できる
バーサトル
(Of people) able to do many different things or to adjust to new conditions, or (of things) able to be used for many different purposes.
She got a new great job, because of versatile talent
I love her cracking voice. What a versatile singer she is.
This can be a pen, also can be an eraser, very versatile.
Go out of one’s way to
必要以上に、いつも以上に、特別に頑張る
特に相手を手伝うときや喜ばせるときに使う
They went out of their way to make you feel welcome
We are going out of our way to help him with it
Wobbly
ウォブリィ
グラグラする、不安定な
I was sitting on a wobbly chair.
My teeth have been wobbly since yesterday.
Go by the book
Do things strictly according to the written rules
規則通りにやる
While it’s important to go by the book, we also need to use our intuition to make big decisions.
Out front
The area near the entrance to a building
I was wondering if you could change the light bolt out front.
R
Toxic
Poisonous
Causing you a lot of harm and unhappiness over a long period of time
Toxic parents
A toxic relationship
The atmosphere at word had become positively toxic.
Overbuild
建物を建てすぎる
High maintenance
手がかかる
She’s very high maintenance.
Weeds
雑草
Any wild plant that grows in an unwanted place, especially in a herded or field where it prevents the cultivated plants from growing freely.
The students pulled out the weeds from among the grass.
Deterioration
劣化
The fact or process of becoming worse
We’ve seen a deterioration in relations between the countries.
Landfill
The process of getting rid of large amount of rubbish by burning it, or a place where rubbish is buried.
90 percent of American rubbish is dumped in landfill sites.
Fill up
To become or make full
She filled up my glass.
The bowl filled up with rainwater.
The landfills has already filled up.
の問題に対処する
Address the issue of
プラスチックの使用量を減らす
Reduce the use of plastic
してから少なくとも10年間
It’s been at least for 10 years since
どのくらいのいい効果があるか分からない
I’m not sure how much positive impact it has on
Irrigation
灌漑、川などから田畑に水を引く事
The practice of supplying land with water so that crops and plants will grow.
Dirty irrigation water can spread animal pathogens to fruits and vegetables.
Fertilizer
A natural or chemical substance that is spread on the land or given to plants, to make plants grow well
ファータライザー
Mundane
Very ordinary and therefore not interesting
ありふれた、平凡な
マンデイン
Mundane matters such as paying bills and shopping for good do not interest her.
Don’t give a thing
そんなの気にしない
Don’t give a fuck
Pump something into
を、に注ぎ込む
There’s factory outside town that’s pumping chemicals into the river.
Poverty
The condition of being extremely poor.
Two million people in the city live in abject poverty.
The problem of poverty is particularly acute in rural areas.
Vocational
(Of an educational course or a qualification) providing knowledge and skills that prepare you for a particular job.
職業の、本職の職業教育の
The Swedes regard vocational training as a part of a young person’s education.
Our aim is to transform vocational education and bridge the academic-vocational divide.
Affordable
Not expensive
Nice cloths at affordable prices
One way to help the homeless is to provide more affordable housing.
Cram school
塾
Cram school
塾
ただし、通じない可能性がある
Drift away(apart)
人が疎遠になる
I know that you and I have kinda drifted away, but you’re the only person I knew who lived here in the city.
There is a story about two people who keep drifting apart.
Will do
了解しました、そうします
Say hello to Shiori for me.
Will do.
Take care.
Will do.
Invasive
Moving into all areas of something and difficult to stop
Tending to spread in an incontrollable way.
侵略的な
Invasive species 外来種
They are also one of the most invasive and destructive sea creatures on the planet.
Invasive cancer cells
Destructive
Causing, or able to cause, damage
破壊的な、有害な
I worry about the destructive effect that violent films may have on children.
Lack of trust is very destructive in a relationship.
Sting
トゲ
Infavourable
Not giving you an advantage or a good chance of success.
不利な、不向きな
Current conditions are very unfavorable for new businesses.
We have to be prepared for an unfavorable outcome.
Vocational
Providing skills and education that prepare you for a job
The school offers vocational programs in welding, electrical work, and building maintenance.
Critics wondered if vocational education really created employment opportunity.
Poverty
The condition of being extremely poor
Two million people in the city live in abject poverty.
Helping to alleviate poverty on developing countries also helps to reduce environmental destruction.
Famine
ふぁーまん あとえの中間
飢餓
A situation in which there is not enough food for a great number of people, causing illness and death, or a particular period when this happen
Another crop failure could result in widespread famine.
There were reports of refugees dying of famine.
Recession
不況
A period when the economy of a country is not successful and conditions for business are bad.
The country is sliding the depths of recession.
A lot of companies have been adversely affected by the recession.
Aggressively
攻撃的に
Qualify
To successfully finish a training course so that you are able to do a job; to have or achieve the necessary skills, etc.
資格を与える、適任とする
She hopes to qualify at the end of the year.
This course qualifies you to teach in any high school.
Ragtag
寄せ集めの
Untidy and not similar or organized
The Village was guarded by a ragtag group of soldiers.
He arrived with a ragtag collection of friends.
Sitcom
Situation comedy
連続ホームコメディー
Embark
インバーク
To go onto a ship
乗り込む、乗車する
We embarked at Liverpool for New York.
If you are looking for a series to embark on the adventure with your English…
Compelling
説得力のある、強制的な、従わざるを得ない、人の心を掴んで離さない
Very exciting or interesting and making you want to watch, listen, etc.
A compelling story.
The compelling novel was written by the young author.
This compelling film has won three academy awards.
Unfulfilled
An unfulfilled wish, hope, promise, etc is one that has not happened or not been achieved.
果たされていない、実現されていない
Unfulfilled potential 発揮しきれてない潜在能力
Watching the show, you can clearly see a series of unfulfilled potential because he’s such a genius chemistry.
Make ends meet
To have enough money to buy what you need to live
収入の範囲でやっていく、なんとかやりくりする
It’s not easy to make ends meet with a big family, but somehow we manage.
Side hustle
副業
A piece of work or a job that you get paid for doing in addition to doing your main job.
Here are some ideas for a side hustle.
Kingpin
親分、中枢
キンピン
The most important person within a particular organization
Adamant
Impossible to persuade or unwilling to change an opinion or decision
断固とした、他の人の意見を聞こうとしない、揺るぎない
I’ve told her she should stay at home and rest but she’s adamant that she’s coming.
Financial obligation
Money that a person or company owes and must pay at a particular time
金融債務
He still has financial obligations to his former wife
The company may be unable to meet its financial obligations as they fall due.
Keep a record of
を記録に残す
Bothersome
問題を起こしてめんどくさい
Annoying or causing trouble
My young sister is so bothersome.
Cross your mind
If an idea crosses your mind, you think about it for a short time.
What was the first thing crossed your mind when you won the prize?
It never crossed my mind that she might be married.
それは共感できない
I can’t relate to that.
Crunch the numbers
数字を分析する、処理する
To do mathematical work involving large amounts of information or numbers
I realized I’d rather help people that crunch the numbers.
Civil engineering is not just about crunching numbers and solving technical matters.
Civil engineer
土木技師
In no time
あっという間に
The invasive fish reproduce very quickly the problem could easily get worse in no time.
Know something by heart
を暗記している
I love this song.
I know all the lyrics by heart.
I learn the words until I keep them by heart.
Get the facts straight
事実確認を行う
Before we do anything, shouldn’t we make sure to get the fact straight?
全くコストはかからない
無料だ
It doesn’t cost at all
Take Into consideration
考慮に入れる
People who want to go to university should take that into consideration
Strain
負担をかける
To cause too much of something to be used, especially money
Increases in wholesale oil prices have strained the company’s finances.
They strain families’ finances
It wears me out
力が抜けてぐったり、疲れたー、という別の表現
It worn me out
断る時の表現
Turn down
Rejectとかよりは表現が柔らかく出来る
不意に出現する
Pop up
A new website had popped up.
Go hardcore
過酷な
It is a strict resolution
から派生された表現
Stick out
To be very easy to notice
目立つ
She certainly sticks out in a crowded.
There was a packet of something sticking out of his pocket.
不意をつかれる
Catch someone off guard
To surprise someone by doing something that they are not expecting or ready for
The sudden snow storm caught us all guard.
The news caught her completely off guard
She didn’t know what to do.
Prospective customer
見込み客
The info comes in handy for quick sales activities such as following up on a prospective customer list.
真剣に受け止める
Take it seriously
Don’t take it seriously.
We have to take this problem seriously.
He didn’t take this pandemic seriously.
Develop symptom
症状を発症する
Test negative
陰性だった
He tested positive for Covid19
Anecdote
逸話、エピソード
アネクドート
A short, often funny story, especially about something someone has done
He told one or two amusing anecdotes about his years as a politicians.
Spot
Verb
To see or notice someone or something, usually because you are looking hard
I’ve just spotted Mark - he’s over there, near the entrance.
If you spot any mistakes in the article just mark them with a pencil.
The police spotted him driving a stolen car
Ever since
それ以来
That’s stuck in my mind ever since.
We’ve been dating ever since.
He has been my best friend ever since.
Dishonest
不誠実な、不正直な
He’s the most dishonest person I’ve ever met.
I heard that they were dishonest and stole some money from the company.
Kick oneself
後悔する、自分を責める
I’m kicking myself for insulting my friend in public.
Get by
うまく通り抜ける、すり抜ける、何とかしている
That goalies were hard to get by
Audition for
のオーディションを受ける
My brother jumped in and goes “do you know the UK is famous for curry?
Cut it close
限界ギリギリの行動をしたり、時間的にギリギリで余裕がないこと
You are cutting it close.
I get traffic jam and it is cutting it close
It’s not well 〇〇
客観的に状況や状態を言いたいとき
The bins are not well categorized.
My schedules are not well organized.
It’s not well known.
Surround myself with
に囲まれる、の中に身を置く
She likes to surround herself with books.
Surround myself with gadgets that make my life convenient.
The same goes for
についても同じことが言える
Does the same go for your workers?
The same goes for travels
Catch one’s attention
の注意を引く、の目に留まる
What wines would catch your attention?
The man caught my attention at once because he looked so out of place in that setting.
Out of place
場違いである
I feel out of place at expensive restaurants.
His radical way of thinking was out of place in the group.
Resentment
恨み、憤慨、怒り
A feeling of anger because you have been forced to accept something that you do not like
This decision has caused resentment among some teachers
It’s been slow
今日はどうだったと聞かれて、忙しくは無かったという時の表現
Keep something going
がーを続ける(状態を続ける)
I wanna keep the conversation going
Work one’s way up
独力で登り詰める、徐々に出世する
Work one’s way up to
苦労してーにまでなる
To achieve a better position within the organization you work for
She quickly worked her way up to vice president.
Fall under
に該当する
Fall under a category of
のカテゴリーに該当する
A and B fall under completely different categories.
Those companies fall under a category of growth.
Power of attorney
委任状
The legal right to act for someone else in their financial or business matters, or the document that gives you this right.
Genre
A style, especially in the arts, that involves a particular set of characteristics
What genre does the book fall into - comedy or tragedy?
Dodge a bullet
危機を免れた
We could’ve lost a lot of money. We really dodged a bullet.
Dodge
だーっじ
To avoid being hit by something by moving quickly to one side
He dodged to avoid the hurtling bicycle
Cost an arm and a leg
ものすごく値段が高い
手と足を売らなければ払えないほど値段が高い
This necklace cost an arm and a leg.
Stay out
To not go home at night, or to go home late
He stayed out all night.
Spendy
Costing a lot of money
It was a little spendy for a burger, but it was absolutely delicious.
Election campaigns have got bigger and spendier in recent years.
Sleep in
朝ゆっくり起きる、遅く起きる
I am going to sleep in tomorrow.
Hold back one’s tears
涙をこらえる
Seems like my mom tries to hold back her tears.
Burst into tears
急に泣き出す
He looks like he’s going to burst into tears
Go viral
ばずる
Many cat videos have gone viral on the internet.
People can go viral on the internet for lots of different reasons.
Gain weight
違う表現
Put on weight
Fall under
に分類される
Fall under the category of
Process a feeling
気持ちを整理する
Grad school
大学院
Get by
金銭的になんとかやっていく
物事をうまくやり抜く
We have enough money to get by.
He had to get by in a small salary.
They always get by a little money.
Be committed to
に専念している、に全力を注いでいる、を公約している
They are committed to continually providing innovative, high quality products engineered to speed installation and lower installed costs.
They are committed to quality improvement and providing great value to customers.
Fad follower
ミーハー
Craze
Dance craze
一時的で熱狂的な流行り、流行
人気を得る
Gain popularity
Awareness wristbands gain popularity with teens and adults.
Overnight sensation
一躍有名になる
The Wii console becomes an overnight sensation.
Pancreatic
膵臓の
He came up with an idea for a new way to test for pancreatic cancer.
Lethal
致死の、死を招く、致命的な
This kind of cancer is particularly lethal.
Prestigious
プレスティジアス
名声のある、有名な
This prestigious award is given to young innovators
Ground-breaking
革新的な、画期的な
All of them had ground-breaking ideas.
Out of shape
運動不足
In good shapeが反意語
I’m running out of breath climbing up these stairs. I’m out of shape.
Put someone through the wringer
To ask someone difficult or unpleasant questions, often to find out if they are doing their job in a satisfactory way
人をコッテリと絞る、人を脅す、人をしごく
Outside investigators will put the company’s accounting practices through the wringer.
Lay into
非難する、攻撃する
ドラムに対しては強く叩く
In the middle of the meeting she suddenly laid into him for no apparent reason.
For no apparent reason
明らかな理由もなく、訳もわからず
アパラント(aとe)
For no apparent reason, I find myself tearing up when I’m alone recently.
Take a stab at it
とりわけ、成功するかどうかわからない時に、何かやってみる
Why don’t you let me take a stab at it?
I’ve never cooked this before, but I’ll take a stab at it.
Play along to
と一緒に演奏する
I like playing along to the music at the musical studio.
Cheer up
Cheer on
Cheer up 落ち込んでいたり、悲しんだりしている人を元気づける、励ます
My friend cheered me up when I broke up with my boyfriend.
Cheer on 頑張っている人を応援する、声援を送る
なので励ましたりではない
My son is studying hard to pass the exam, so I cooked a midnight snack to cheer him on.
Bandage
ばんでじ
包帯
Scraped
擦りむく
Scraped and buried knee
I scraped my knees which skateboarding
Non-biodegradable
生物分解性のない
Extraterrestrial
地球外の
エクストラとらすてぃらう
In those rocks from a place outside the planet Earth.
ENT
耳鼻咽喉科
契約しているもの
Be with 契約しているもの
Have a contract
I am still with docomo.
I am with IFJ bank
It’s just a matter of time
時間の問題
It’s just a matter of time before he found me.
Bend the truth
真実をねじ曲げる
I need to bend the truth.
It’s better than nothing
無いよりマシだね
Curfew
門限、外出禁止令
Speculation
推測
The activity of guessing possible answers to a question without having enough information to be certain
Rumors that they are about to marry have been dismissed as pure speculation.
It is far enough away to require some speculation.
The value I brought to the company
As far as
As long as
As far asは範囲
As long as は条件
As far as I know, she’s never been ill or hospitalized
As long as I stay healthy, I want to continue this job.
It takes less than five hours from Tokyo to Hakata as long as you take the airplane.
Appetite
あぴたいと あにアクセント
食欲
Stay away from
距離をとって近づかないこと
I stay away from Kabukichou
You should stay away from I5 on thanksgiving holiday.
I am debating
迷っている、決めかねている、何かを選択しなければならないがまだ迷っている
I’m still debating, but
Make a living
生計を立てる
Bill makes a living as a salesman.
It’s impossible to make a living these days.
Have big shoes to fill
後釜として高い期待に応えなければならない
You certainly have big shoes to fill. But don’t worry, you’ll be great.
At any cost
何がなんでも
どんな努力をしてでも
I will get this job at any cost.
I will marry her at any cost.
Abdominis
Ads
腹部
Abdominis muscle
Chiropractic
身体の骨組みに主的操作を行い、腰痛または頭痛や高血圧まで軽減する方法
Shadow
見学する、見て習う
It would be great for her to shadow me when classes resume.
