Vocabs-B

Question 1

a weird bloke (BrE)

Answer 1

NOUN

a weird man（＝変なおじさん）

Question 2

Goodness/God/Heaven/Christ knows!

Answer 2

PHRASE

1. No one knows…!
   　●Goodness knows how long it will take for my application to be processed!
2. It’s definitely that…!
   　●Goodness knows I need to get cracking!

Question 3

a few fries short of a happy meal

variations:
・He’s a few sandwiches short of a picnic.
・He’s a few cards short of a deck.

Answer 3

ADJ.

not very intelligent (stupid)
（＝ちょっと頭が足りない、言っている意味がわからない、もうちょっと頭使おうよって感じの（人））
馬鹿にしてる感じの言い方かも。

You can also say:
・He’s not the brightest bulb on the tree!
・He’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer!

＊I woudn’t use it.

Question 4

I got completely out of breath.

Answer 4

PHRASE

息が切れた。

●I got completely out of breath from jogging for just 10 minutes.

Question 5

That’s just what the doctor ordered!

Answer 5

PHRASE

That’s exactly what is wanted / needed!

●Thanks, a strong cup of coffee in the morning is just what the doctor ordered!

Question 6

It’s a Catch-22 / It’s a Catch-22 situation.

Answer 6

PHRASE

a paradoxical situation in which you are dammed if you do, you are dammed if you don’t.
（＝ジレンマ、にっちもさっちもいかない状況）

●I couldn’t start my own business until I have got money, and I couldn’t get the money until I start my own business, oh my God, this is the real Catch-22 situation.
●Life is full of Catch-22s.

Question 7

These things happen in threes.

Answer 7

PHRASE

二度あることは三度ある

Question 8

I wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole.

Answer 8

PHRASE

絶対関わりたくない・触りたくない

●You want to avoid that. I wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole!

Question 9

to exploit

/ɪkˈsplɔɪt,ɛkˈsplɔɪt/

Answer 9

VERB

to use someone or something unfairly for your own advantage:

●Resources on the earth is being exploited in ways that are dangerous to both the planet and humanity.
●Fossil fuels are being overexploited, and we are running out of it.

Question 10

ahead of one’s time

Answer 10

PHRASE

時代の先を行っている

● Leonardo da Vinci was ahead of his time.

Question 11

crank

Answer 11

NOUN

1. a person who has strange ideas and beliefs
2. an unpleasant and easily annoyed person
   　● She is always a crank first thing in the morning.

Question 12

oddball

Answer 12

NOUN / ADJ.

a person whose behaviour is unusual and strange / unusual and strange

● She has made a successful career out of her oddball humour.

Question 13

hoax

Answer 13

NOUN

うそ、偽事件(cry wolf 的な)

● The bomb threat turned out to be a hoax.
● I often get virus hoax notifications on the internet.

Question 14

Perhaps you could consider _____ (something / doing something)

Answer 14

PHRASE

_____ を考えてみてもいいかもしれません（マイルドな言い方）

Question 15

I would recommend you avoid _____ (something / doing something)

Answer 15

PHRASE

＿＿＿はやめておくことを勧めます

Question 16

a minefield

Answer 16

NOUN
a situation or subject that is very complicated and full of hidden problems and dangers:

● Internet is a minefield
インターネットは色々危ないからね
● ‘Quite’ can mean ‘rather’ or ‘really’ depending on the context… it’s a minefield!
● Online classifieds can be a minefield… so I’ve never used it.
オンラインでの個人同士の物販って色々危ないこととかもあるから…だから使ったことないや。

Question 17

to stick around

Answer 17

VERB

to stay somewhere

● You go - I’ll stick around here a bit longer.
● You go ahead - I’ll stick around until she shows up.

Question 18

uncouth

Answer 18

ADJ.

behaving in a rude, unpleasant way

● The receptionist in this hotel was uncouth!

Question 19

antiquated

ANT- i - quated

Answer 19

ADJ.

old-fashioned/unsuitable for a modern world

● antiquated ideas / technology

Question 20

archaic

/ɑːˈkeɪɪk/

Answer 20

ADJ.

1. (dissaproving) very old-fashioned
   ● Planned in the 1990s, the system was archaic by the time it was implemented.
   ● He has archaic ideas about women.
2. of or belonging to an ancient period in history:
   ● an archaic system of government
   ● an archaic law/rule/language

Question 21

circuitous

/ ser - KYOO - itus /

Answer 21

ADJ.

not straight or direct

● a circuitous path / route
● a circuitous explanation

Question 22

I’m not familiar with any sensitive issues in Japan at the moment.

Answer 22

PHRASE

今の日本の時事には詳しくないからなぁ。

Question 23

to come to fruition

/ frue - I - shun /

Answer 23

PHRASE

実を結ぶ

when a plan or an idea happen and become successful

Question 24

invisible / visible spectrum

Answer 24

NOUN

(science)
不可視/可視光線

Question 25

There’s a bug going around.

Answer 25

PHRASE

風邪が流行っている。