Vocabs-B 2

Question 1

to catch the sun

Answer 1

VERB

to get sunburnt（＝日焼けする）

● I caught the sun on my shoulders.

Question 2

I’m an advocate of the idea that…

Answer 2

PHRASE

私は…という考えの提唱者だ

● I’m an advocate of the idea that fashion is cyclical.

Question 3

the terrible twos

Answer 3

NOUN

informal
a period that children are very defiant around two years old
（＝いやいや期、ギャングエイジ、魔の２歳児）

Question 4

to have an issue with…

Answer 4

PHRASE

to have something you don’t like or want to complain about（＝不満がある）

● Dad, Mom said she has an issue with your snoring…

Question 5

to feel resigned

Answer 5

PHRASE

to accept something is impossible and feel a bit depressed.（＝諦めモードになる、しょうがないな、って感じになる）

Question 6

a space cadet

Answer 6

NOUN

someone who behaves strangely or tends to space out often.（＝不思議ちゃん）

＊I wouldn’t use it.

Question 7

I want to strangle so-and-so! (angrily)

Answer 7

PHRASE

あいつ首しめてやりたい！

＊Do not use it.

Question 8

If looks could kill

Answer 8

PHRASE

1. 目で人を殺せるならば
   　● I’ve never seen her so angry. If looks could kill, I’d be dead right now.
2. ↑の省略表現
   　● I’ve never seen her so angry. If looks could kill!

Question 9

to dissipate

Answer 9

VERB

to gradually disappear

● My anger dissipated.

Question 10

I got deafened by…

Answer 10

PHRASE

〜に耳をつんざかれた

● I got deafened by the bikers passing by.

Question 11

to rev the engine

Answer 11

PHRASE

エンジンをブーンとうならせる

● One of my pet peeves is when bikers rev their engines!

Question 12

Short-term pain, long-term gain.

Answer 12

PROVERB

今我慢すれば、あとで良い結果がある！

Question 13

a pet peeve

Answer 13

NOUN

something that especially annoys you

● One of my pet peeves is noisy bikers.

Question 14

It’s just the way things are done here!

Answer 14

PHRASE

ここではそういう文化なんだよ！

Question 15

a queue-jumper

Answer 15

NOUN

a person who cuts into a queue (which is rude)

Question 16

attention-seeking

Answer 16

ADJ.

trying to attract attention. (Like, ‘Look at me!’)

Question 17

to fan oneself

Answer 17

VERB

うちわであおぐ

Question 18

a national pastime

Answer 18

NOUN

a national hobby, game, sport that many people enjoy:

● Baseball is the national pastime of America.

＊not ‘past-time’

Question 19

invasion of privacy

Answer 19

NOUN

プライバシー侵害

Question 20

outlandish

Answer 20

ADJ.

strange, unusual and difficult to accept or like (of a haircut, outfit, etc.)

Question 21

to put out the garbage

1. the following day
2. for the following day

Answer 21

PHRASE / DIFFERENCE

1. 次の日にゴミを出す
2. 次の日のために前もって、今日ゴミを出しておく

Question 22

hands on hips

Answer 22

ADJ.

腰に手を当てて（怒っているとき）

● The mother stared at her son angrily, hands on her hips.

Question 23

He didn’t elaborate!

Answer 23

PHRASE

=He didn’t give a detailed explanation!

(Maybe said by a wife when she is suspicious about her husband that ‘He might be lying!’ ‘He’s hiding something!?’)

Question 24

I’m now on the home straight!

Answer 24

PHRASE

In the midst of the final portion of an activity, project, etc. The end of a race!（＝最終段階だ！）

Question 25

Break it to me gently!

Answer 25

PHRASE

説明してちょうだい！！

(Maybe said by a doubtful or angry wife when she is suspecting her husband or wanting his explanation about what he has done…)