Vocabs-B 3 Flashcards
indistinguishable from…
POPULAR CONTEXT: technology vs magic, human response vs AI-generated response
ADJ.
…と見分けがつかない
● This replica of this figurine is indistinguishable from the real one.
to crash and burn
失敗のコンテクストで使われる
PHRASE / VERB
(informal) to fail very suddenly, obviously and completely:
● He crashed and burned on that date…
● Even if we fail, crash and burn the next week, I would do it again （失敗は諦めない心にもつながるね！）
fearsome
ADJ.
frightning
● The demon grinned, displaying a fearsome set of teeth.
to log
VERB
to cut down trees
● Brazil has refrained from logging.
in the pocket of…
政治、勢力に関わる文脈でよく使われる。
PHRASE / ADJ.
under someone’s control or influence
● Komei party used to be in the pocket of Jimin party.
● He seemed to be in the pocket of Beijing, not being willing to stand up at all for the interests of the Hong Kong people, not somebody that they can trust.
操り人形、手駒、腰巾着、手先、飼い犬、〇〇の息がかかった…という訳もできると思う
an anecdote
NOUN
a short, often funny story, especially about something someone has done:
● He told me one or two amusing anecdotes about his years as a policeman.
What does ‘inhibition’ mean?
to lose one’s inhibition
PHRASE / VERB
to lose the feeling of embarrassment that prevents you from saying or doing what you want （＝抑制力をなくす）
● You can talk more relaxedly while drinking because you lose your inhibition by alcohol.
★Inhibition = 抑制力
[https://youtu.be/lfapxZUTiCU?t=345]
hardy
ADJ.
capable of enduring difficult conditions; strong:
● This bag is made of a hardy material.
She doesn’t suffer fools gladly
亡くなった人のことを「こういう人だった」と説明するコンテクストでよく使われている。
PHRASE
to have very little patience with people who you think are stupid or have stupid ideas
人を下に見てる。ばかなやつは許せない。ちょっと高慢な感じの性格。
famed for…
ADJ.
famous for…
● It’s a city famed for its ski slopes and casinos.
よく、アーティストや観光地の説明などで評判がいい特徴、ものを伝えるときに使う。
self-fulfilling prophecy
NOUN
if you believe something is possible, you can make it a reality. (both negatively and positively)
信じれば良くも悪くもその通りになること。
self-defeating prophecy
NOUN
when even if you expect something bad will happen, as you try to prevent that from happening, eventually the bad thing doesn’t happen.
悪い予想をしても、それが起こらないよう予防をするので結局起こらなかったりすること。
appreciation of simplicity
PHRASE / NOUN
日々のなんでもない、シンプルなことに価値を見出すこと
変形としてはappreciation of imperfection/nature なども言えて、日本のわびさびを思わせます
to learn something by rote
HINT: Rather than properly understand it
PHRASE
丸暗記する（根本から理解するのではなく、機械的に暗記するだけ）
Computers used to learn by rote but now AI is more developed.
mental arithmetic
NOUN
calculations that you do in your mind, without writing down any numbers（＝暗算）
