Real Life english 2

Question 1

Pave the way for something/someone

Answer 1

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.

Question 2

Throw around

Answer 2

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.

Question 3

Repress

Answer 3

感情等を抑える

To not allow something, especially feelings, to be expressed.

He repressed a sudden desire to cry.

Question 4

Disown

Answer 4

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.

Question 5

Walk in the park

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Plagiarism

Answer 6

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.

Question 7

Flake on

Answer 7

の約束をすっぽかす

I went to pick him up and he flaked on me.

Question 8

Drive someone into a corner
Be driven into a corner

Answer 8

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.

Question 9

Squeeze in

Answer 9

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?

Question 10

Open-minded

Answer 10

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.

Question 11

Stigma

Answer 11

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.

Question 12

Courageous

Answer 12

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.

Question 13

Take something for granted

Answer 13

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.

Question 14

Uphill battle

Answer 14

苦戦

It’s been an uphill battle since coming out

Question 15

Forge

Answer 15

鍛冶場で働く、築き上げる、成し遂げる

Question 16

Ditch

Answer 16

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?

Question 17

ブラッシュアップするという事を英語で

Answer 17

Refine

We plan to refine the product by conducting iterative usability testing.
We need to refine the dashboard.

Question 18

Hold back

Answer 18

事実、本心などを隠す、秘密にする、本当のことを言わない

Question 19

Safe haven

Answer 19

安全でいられる場所

A base camp is like a safe haven for climbers.

Question 20

Disperse

Answer 20

追い散らす、分散する

The police dispersed the crowd.

Question 21

Right back at you

Answer 21

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.

Question 22

Can of worms

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Sea of something

Answer 23

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.

Question 24

Throw someone off

Answer 24

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.

Question 25

It dawned on me that

Answer 25

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.

Question 26

Ascend

Answer 26

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.

Question 27

Stroll

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Reliance

Answer 28

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.

Question 29

Slip my mind

Answer 29

ド忘れする

Oh sorry, it completely slipped my mind

Question 30

Go blank

Answer 30

頭が真っ白になる

My mind went blank and I forgot my entire speech.

Question 31

Come out of one’s shell

Answer 31

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.

Question 32

Set someone up for

Answer 32

誰かを　に仕立て上げる

Question 33

Beat oneself up

Answer 33

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

Question 34

Along the lines of

Answer 34

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.

Question 35

Summer retreat

Answer 35

避暑地

We’re planning along the lines of a summer retreat in the mountains.

Question 36

Imitate

Answer 36

真似る

My four-year-old daughter is always trying to copy something as a mode
He imitated her accent perfectly.

Question 37

Fake it till you make it

Answer 37

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.

Question 38

Project one’s voice

Answer 38

自らの考えを、打ち出す

Question 39

Pop into one’s head/mind

Answer 39

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.

Question 40

Distinguished

Answer 40

優れた、際立った

He is a distinguished professor at the university.
She was distinguished guest was welcomed with applause.

Question 41

Pretentious

Answer 41

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.

Question 42

Edge towards

Answer 42

に向かってじわじわ進む

Question 43

Immersive

Answer 43

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.

Question 44

Food for thought

Answer 44

考えさせられるもの

Research into the relationship between poverty and being overweight gives us food for thought.

Question 45

Word of mouth

Answer 45

口コミ

People trust word of mouth.
Our business has grown through word of mouth
Our product became popular through word of mouth.

Question 46

Avid

Answer 46

熱心な

Avid reader

An avid supporter of the arts

She hadn’t seen him for six months and was avid for news.

Question 47

Whim

Answer 47

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.

Question 48

Work through something

Answer 48

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

Question 49

I’m not following you

Answer 49

あなたの言っていることが分からない

Question 50

Impeccable

Answer 50

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

Question 51

Hands down

Answer 51

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

Question 52

On my end

Answer 52

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.