Pre-2015 Vocab

Question 1

work a scene

• Show him how to work a scene

Question 2

drop him off to school

Question 3

early in the day for …

Isn’t it a little early in the day for wine?

Answer 3

… meaning that it is too soon to be sure about what will happen about a situation in the future.

Question 4

keep (something) under wraps

under wraps

Answer 4

We go public tomorrow but until then we keep it under wraps

under wraps - concealed; suppressed

Question 5

moratorium

Answer 5

lifting the moratorium

Question 6

menial

Answer 6

menial - unskilled, lowly, humble, low-status, inferior, degrading; routine, humdrum, boring, dull

People are so easily taken for granted. Whether they be people whose labor is menial or in leadership, or whose lives are closely linked with yours.

Question 7

under advisement

take (something) under advisement

Answer 7

I’ll take it under advisement

Question 8

bedside manners

Answer 8

Bedside manners

Question 9

pick your brain on (something)

Answer 9

I was hoping to pick your brain on sth

Question 10

blow off steams

Answer 10

Paul needed to blow off steams

Question 11

tie up the loose ends

loose ends

Answer 11

… While we are tying up the loose end

some loose ends - Fig. some things that are not yet finished; some problems not yet solved.

are some loose ends

have some loose ends

leave some loose ends

tie up some loose ends

take care of some loose ends

I have to stay in town this weekend and tie up some loose ends.

Question 12

issue a moratorium on (something)

Answer 12

They should, at the very least, issue a moratorium on women’s “ordination”

Question 13

grandfather out

grandfather (n)

grandfather clause

Answer 13

grandfather out

grandfather - an activity, person, group, etc. that is grandfathered is not covered by a new law because of a grandfather clause

grandfather clause - a part of a new law or rule that allows someone to continue to do or to have something that a new law or rule makes illegal

My own bishop, Jack Iker, has confidently told me in the recent past that he thinks WO will eventually be grandfathered out.

Question 14

come up empty

Answer 14

The database is coming up empty.

Question 15

go behind the clouds

Answer 15

It was cooler when the sun went behind the clouds.

Question 16

get called into (work)

Answer 16

I got called into work.

Question 17

beak out (clothes etc)

Answer 17

beak out (clothes etc) - 1. ～を準備する
・

Break out all your first aid medical supplies and go immediately to the train wreck at Liberty Bridge.

Question 18

pass yourself off as (someone, something)

Answer 18

pass yourself off as somebody - to pretend that you are someone else

Maurice is trying to pass himself off as a journalist to get admitted to the press conference.

Question 19

tug on (something, someone)

Answer 19

tug on = ～をグッと引っ張る

tug on a too-tight skirt きついスカートをグッと引っ張り上げて無理やりはく

tug on someone’s hair - （人）の髪の毛をグイッと引っ張る

Question 20

drive off (gas etc)

Answer 20

drive off (undesirable gases) from a furnace or stove.

Question 21

purge

Answer 21

She will be purged and returned to you.

Question 22

spring a leak

Answer 22

spring a leak - to open or crack so as to let in water; to begin to let in water; as, the ship sprung a leak.

Question 23

inoculation

inoculate (sth/sb) against (sth) with (vaccine etc)

Answer 23

inoculation - ～を接種する、予防接種をする《生化学》～を植菌する 〔コンピューターに〕ワクチンソフトを入れる

inoculate against ～の予防接種をする

inoculate against diphtheria - ジフテリアの予防接種をする

inoculate one’s computer コンピューターに予防接種をする

inoculate someone with a virus （人）にウイルスを接種する

Question 24

get one’s kicks (from someone or something)

• get my kicks out of myself
• Do you get your kicks from this sort of thing?
• I get my kicks from Billy Simpson. What a great entertainer!
• Anyone who gets a kick out of horror movies will love this show.
• I get a real kick out of shopping for new shoes.

Answer 24

to get pleasure from someone or something.

Question 25

touch off

Answer 25

touch off - to represent or characterize precisely.

touch off - to cause to ignite or explode.

touch off - to give rise to; initiate:

This incident will touch off another crisis.

When the British terrorists blow up an American airliner, the incident touches off a national crisis in the US.

Question 26

inventory

Answer 26

They will be returned after they are inventoried.

inventory - make a complete list of

Question 27

in the dating pool

Answer 27

In the dating pool

Question 28

keep you on your toes

stay on your toes

Answer 28

Keep sb on one’s toes

on one’s toe = aware and energetic

Acting classes and occasional work in clubs keep the actor on her toes.

Bob always looked for difficult assignments because he believed that challenging work helped him stay on his toes professionally.

Question 29

wood

Answer 29

wood - an erect penis.

“Dude, i got morning wood!”

Question 30

end of the hallway

past the bedroom

Answer 30

Where is the bathroom?

End of the hallway past the bedroom.

Question 31

clunk

Answer 31

Wood clunks on the floor

clunk - move with or make heavy, dull sounds.

“the machinery clunked into life”

Question 32

comfortable in your own skin

Answer 32

comfortable in one’s (own) skin = be confident

Question 33

choose between you

Answer 33

I’m not ready to choose between you.

Question 34

at a stalemate

Answer 34

at a stalemate

We are still at a stalemate

Question 35

dib

call dibs on you

Answer 35

dib

call dibs on sb - Expression used to claim rights/possesion on sth./sb.

You call dibs on him (my boyfriend)

Question 36

work on an ID

Answer 36

We’re working on an ID.

Question 37

do you in

Answer 37

do someone in = to injure gravely or exhaust

Your Jane Doe did me in.

Question 38

contusion

Answer 38

contusions = 〘医〙 打撲傷挫傷(bruise, bruising) .

Question 39

ecchymosis

/ekəˈmōsis/

Answer 39

ecchymosis = 打撲による皮膚の変色, 斑状出血

Question 40

get to cause of death

Answer 40

We get to cause of death.

Question 41

hèmorrhógic

/heməˈrajik/

Answer 41

hèmorrhógic

Question 42

a trying time for you

Answer 42

I realize this is a very trying time for you.

Question 43

buck time

buck

Answer 43

We are bucking time here. - we are wasting/fighting time here.

buck - oppose or resist (something that seems oppressive or inevitable).

“the shares bucked the market trend”

synonyms:resist, oppose, defy, fight, kick against

“it takes guts to buck the system”

Question 44

putrefaction

Answer 44

putrefaction = 腐敗

It appears putrefaction has set in.

Question 45

pedders license

Answer 45

peddlers license

Question 46

get tipped off

Answer 46

He got tipped off

Question 47

swab

Answer 47

Mind if I swab him? For a DNA test

Question 48

stint

do a stint

Answer 48

stint - a length of time spent in a particular way, especially doing a job or fulfilling a duty:

Did a stint in prison for treason

Question 49

throw you out of sync

Answer 49

throw everyone out of sync

Question 50

Don’t be cocky!

Answer 50

Don’t be cocky! 自信過剰な、うぬぼれた、お高くとまる、横柄な、生意気な、うぬぼれの強い、威張った、気取った

Don’t get too cocky! : あまり付け上がるなよ。

Question 51

murder for hire

Answer 51

muder for hire

Question 52

outnumbered five to one

Answer 52

We’re outnumbered five to one.

Question 53

get many people on my payroll

Answer 53

I got 25 people on my payroll.

Question 54

no shame in (retreat)

Answer 54

For a spy, there is no shame in retreat.

Question 55

marshal

marshal your resources

Answer 55

marshal your resourses

marshal - assemble, gather (together), collect, muster, call together, draw up, line up, align, array, organize, group, arrange, deploy, position, order, dispose; mobilize, rally, round up

Question 56

deploy your recources

Answer 56

deploy your resources

Question 57

fight off

fight off infection

fight off a cold

fight off a sneeze

Answer 57

fight off 〔戦って〕撃退する、寄せ付けない

This new drug is supposed to fight off infection. : この新しい薬は、感染を防ぐとされている。

She got leukemia two years ago. She’s fighting it off. 彼女は2年前白血病になってから病魔と闘い続けています。


fight off a cold〔風邪を〕撃退する


fight off a sneezeくしゃみを我慢する［こらえる］


Question 58

out in the cold

Answer 58

out in the cold 冷たくされて、無視されて、忘れられて

burned, out in the cold, …

Question 59

channel your anger

Answer 59

channel your anger

Question 60

above average

live on

nothing to write home about

Answer 60

My salary was above average for a not-yet-licensed architect, and though sufficient to live on, it was nothing to write home about.

Question 61

pick up a habit

pick up a habit of doing it

Answer 61

I picked up your bad habit

Question 62

nick

Answer 62

The sword got nicks in it.