Real Life english 2 Flashcards
Pave the way for something/someone
To make it possible or easier for something or someone to follow
への道を開く、の準備をする、を容易にする
Data from the space flight should pave the way for a more detailed exploration of Mars.
Throw around
頻繁に使われている事、特に意味を十分に理解せずに軽々しく多用されている
The term sontaku has been thrown around a lot these days but what does it mean?
You shouldn’t throw that term around lightly. It’ll get you in trouble.
The work literally is thrown around a lot in American English.
Repress
感情等を抑える
To not allow something, especially feelings, to be expressed.
He repressed a sudden desire to cry.
Disown
縁を切る
To make it known that you no longer have any connection with someone that you were closely connected with
It’s a story set in the last century about a girl whose parents disowned her when she married a foreigner.
Walk in the park
たやすいこと
No walk in the park
簡単ではない事
The exam was a walk in the park
Plagiarism
盗作
ぷらじゃりずむ ぷにアクセント
The process or practice of using another person’s ideas or work and pretending that it is your own
See’s been accused of plagiarism.
Flake on
の約束をすっぽかす
I went to pick him up and he flaked on me.
Drive someone into a corner
Be driven into a corner
を窮地に追い詰める
追い詰められる
She’s been driven into a corner by her.
Squeeze in
中に押し込む、スケジュールに何とか入れる
写真撮る時とか
I can squeeze you in at 3.
Can you squeeze me in next week?
Would you be able to squeeze in a brief meeting on Monday or Tuesday?
Open-minded
新しい、異なった考え方について、聞いたり考慮したりする意思がある、新思想などを受け入れやすい
I’m lucky my parents are so open-minded. They always let me make my own choices.
Stigma
汚点、不名誉
There is no longer any stigma to being divorced.
Being an unmarried mother no longer carries the social stigma that it used to.
Courageous
勇気のある
Having or showing courage
It was a courageous decision to resign in protest at the company’s pollution record.
It was courageous of her to challenge the managing director’s decision.
Take something for granted
を当然と思う、当たり前だと思う
Don’t take what I do for granted.
You shouldn’t take it for granted the fact that he’s providing you free food.
Uphill battle
苦戦
It’s been an uphill battle since coming out
Forge
鍛冶場で働く、築き上げる、成し遂げる
Ditch
すっぽかす
We were supposed to go to the party together last night but he totally ditched last night.
Do you want to ditch class and go to Shinjuku?
ブラッシュアップするという事を英語で
Refine
We plan to refine the product by conducting iterative usability testing.
We need to refine the dashboard.
Hold back
事実、本心などを隠す、秘密にする、本当のことを言わない
Safe haven
安全でいられる場所
A base camp is like a safe haven for climbers.
Disperse
追い散らす、分散する
The police dispersed the crowd.
Right back at you
あなたもね、その言葉をそっくりそのまま返すよ
You’re one of the nicest people I know.
Aw, thanks. Right back at you.
Can of worms
A situation that causes a lot of problems for you when you start to deal with it
Open a can of worms
Corruption is a serious problem, but nobody has yet been willing to open up that can of worms
Sea of something
A large amount of number of something
The teacher looked down and saw a sea of smiling faces.
It’s been raining nonstop here for three days and I’m surrounded by a sea of umbrellas
The singer looked out over a sea of waving hands.
Throw someone off
Confuse的な意味
狂わせる、気が散る
The interviewer’s question completely threw me off. I didn’t know how to answer it
I was thrown off with questions completely unrelated to the presentation material.
It dawned on me that
ゆっくりと理解が湧き上がる様子を表す
だーん
When I got to the station, it dawned on me that I’d forgotten my phone.
Ascend
のぼる、上がる、出世する
To move onto or towards the top of something
She ascended the podium and began speak.
They slowly ascended the steep path up the mountain.
He eventually ascended to the position of chief executive.
Stroll
散歩する
To walk in a slow relaxed way, especially for pleasure
We could stroll along the beach after dinner.
An elderly couple strolled hand in hand in the park.
Take a stroll
Reliance
りらいあんす
The state of depending on or trusting in something or someone
The region’s reliance on tourism is unwise.
You place too much reliance on her ideas and expertise.
Slip my mind
ド忘れする
Oh sorry, it completely slipped my mind
Go blank
頭が真っ白になる
My mind went blank and I forgot my entire speech.
Come out of one’s shell
自分の殻から抜ける
I came out of my shell when I turned 18.
It took Dan a few weeks to come out of his shell, but he’s doing well now.
Set someone up for
誰かを に仕立て上げる
Beat oneself up
人をボコボコにする
They beat me up.
Don’t beat yourself up.
あまり自分を責めないで
Along the lines of
大体 のような/に
I don’t know. I am thinking something along the lines of meat and veggies.
We’re planning along the lines of a summer retreat in the mountains.
Summer retreat
避暑地
We’re planning along the lines of a summer retreat in the mountains.
Imitate
真似る
My four-year-old daughter is always trying to copy something as a mode
He imitated her accent perfectly.
Fake it till you make it
自信を持つふりをする、うまくいくまではうまくきってきるふりをする
That’s not true. Just fake it till you make it.
Project one’s voice
自らの考えを、打ち出す
Pop into one’s head/mind
パッと頭に思い浮かぶ、ひらめく
The key is to not think too much.Just say what pops into your mind.
Distinguished
優れた、際立った
He is a distinguished professor at the university.
She was distinguished guest was welcomed with applause.
Pretentious
えらぶった、自惚れた、思い上がった、見せかけの、気取っている
I don’t like pretentious people.
Edge towards
に向かってじわじわ進む
Immersive
Seeming to surround the audience, player, etc. so that they feel completely involved in something
没入感の感のある、没頭させるように
It’s an immersive space
The new game is more immersive.
Food for thought
考えさせられるもの
Research into the relationship between poverty and being overweight gives us food for thought.
Word of mouth
口コミ
People trust word of mouth.
Our business has grown through word of mouth
Our product became popular through word of mouth.
Avid
熱心な
Avid reader
An avid supporter of the arts
She hadn’t seen him for six months and was avid for news.
Whim
ウィム
気まぐれ、思いつき
A sudden wish or idea, especially one that cannot be reasonably explained
We booked the trip on a whim.
Oh for a husband who would indulge my every whim.
Work through something
問題などに対処する、取り組む
To manage a problem that has many different parts step by step
It’s a complex situation but we’ll work though it
I’m not following you
あなたの言っていることが分からない
Impeccable
いんぺかぼ
ぺにアクセント
非の打ち所がない
Perfect, with no problems or bad parts
Impeccable taste/manners/credentials
Hands down
Definitely
Without a doubt
ダントツに
Hands down, this is the best movie of this year.
Cake is the best. Hands down
On my end
当方で、私側の
It’s going well on my end. I’ve completed my part and shared the files with the team.
Everything looks good on my end.
Enunciate
明確に発音する
反意語 mumble
Sum it all up
要するに
To sum it all up, this has been a very good year for you.
The title sums it up.
Discourse maker
流れを示す目印
Well, so, you know, I mean
