Week14(16)

Question 1

rationality

Answer 1

合理性

Question 2

urge

Answer 2

a strong wish, especially one that is difficult or impossible to control:

The urge to steal is very strong in some of these young men.

Question 3

irresistible

Answer 3

抵抗できない

Question 4

whim

Answer 4

気まぐれ

Question 5

top verb.

Answer 5

The book topped the bestseller list for weeks.

Question 6

keep-fit

Answer 6

physical exercises to keep your body healthy, often done regularly with other people:

a keep-fit class

Question 7

experienced nega

Answer 7

inexperienced

Question 8

eagerly

Answer 8

熱心に

Question 9

await

Answer 9

待つ

The long/eagerly awaited sequel is now available online.

Question 10

mere

Answer 10

わずか、たったの

used to emphasize that something is not large or important:

The plane crashed mere minutes after takeoff.
It cost a mere 20 dollars.

Question 11

find a balance

Question 12

a life-changing decsion

Question 13

nosy

Answer 13

too interested in what other people are doing and wanting to discover too much about them:

She was complaining about her nosy parents.
A rather nosey woman once asked him about his personal life.

Question 14

outbit

Answer 14

to offer to pay a higher price for something than someone else, especially at an auction (= public sale):

The retail group outbid all three competitors for space in the shopping center.

Question 15

neg

Answer 15

to make negative or slightly insulting comments to someone you find attractive in order to make them take an interest in you

Question 16

indicator

Answer 16

指標

something that shows what a situation is like:
indicator of Commodity prices can be a useful indicator of inflation, he claimed.

Question 17

tingle

Answer 17

to have a feeling as if a lot of sharp points are being put quickly and lightly into your body:

My fingers and toes are tingling with the cold.

Question 18

clammy

Answer 18

sticky and slightly wet in an unpleasant way:
My hands felt all clammy.
It was a hot, clammy day.

Question 19

dismiss

Answer 19

to decide that something or someone is not important and not worth considering:

dismiss someone as something I think he’d dismissed me as an idiot within five minutes of meeting me.

Question 20

hemisphere

Answer 20

one of two halves of the earth, especially above or below the equator:

the northern/southern hemisphere

Question 21

assert

Answer 21

to do something to show that you have power:

assert your authority She very rarely asserts her authority over the children.
assert your right Throughout the Cold War, the Allies asserted their right to move freely between the two Berlins.

Question 22

blissfully

Answer 22

happily

Question 23

groundless

Answer 23

根拠のない

without a reason, cause, or argument:
Your concerns are groundless.

Question 24

feel it in my bones

Answer 24

to believe something strongly although you cannot explain why:

It’s going to be a good summer - I can feel it in my bones.

Question 25

jar

Answer 25

瓶

Question 26

sanity

Answer 26

the state of having a healthy mind and not being mentally ill: He'd been behaving so strangely that they began to doubt/question his sanity. to keep/preserve/retain your sanity

Question 27

make it

Answer 27

survive to continue to live or exist, especially after coming close to dying or being destroyed or after being in a difficult or threatening situation: Given his injuries, we didn't expect him to make it.

Question 28

miss the point

Answer 28

to not understand something correctly or what is important about it: What you say is true, but you've missed the point of my argument.

Question 29

hold my own

Answer 29

to maintain your position or condition despite difficulties: She can hold her own in any argument. He was very sick, but now he’s holding his own.

Question 30

fair enough

Answer 30

something you say to show that you understand why someone has done or said something: "I'm just annoyed with him because he's behaved so badly." "Fair enough."

Question 31

horrendous reminder

Answer 31

恐ろしい思い出

Question 32

impeachment inquiry

Answer 32

弾劾調査

Question 33

misdemeanour

Answer 33

軽犯罪

Question 34

be convicted

Answer 34

有罪判決を受ける

Question 35

employment-to-population ratio

Answer 35

雇用対人口比率

Question 36

overturn

Answer 36

ひっくり返す

Question 37

manslaughter

Answer 37

過失致死

Question 38

mutation

Answer 38

突然変異

Question 39

vowe

Answer 39

誓う

Question 40

curb a surge in

Answer 40

〜の急増を抑える

Question 41

residency

Answer 41

居住地

Question 42

cheeky

Answer 42

生意気な

Question 43

mischievous

Answer 43

いたずらっぽい

Question 44

awkward

Answer 44

difficult to use, do, or deal with: It's an awkward corner, so take it slowly. Some of the questions were rather awkward.

Question 45

stumble on

Answer 45

躓く Running along the beach, she stumbled on a log and fell on the sand.

Question 46

stab

Answer 46

刺す

Question 47

breastbone

Answer 47

胸骨

Question 48

nasty

Answer 48

汚い

Question 49

precisely

Answer 49

正確に

Question 50

patch up

Answer 50

繕う

Question 51

corpse

Answer 51

死体

Question 52

beam

Answer 52

to smile with obvious pleasure: She beamed with delight/pleasure at his remarks.

Question 53

grimly

Answer 53

救いようがなく

Question 54

burglar

Answer 54

a person who illegally enters buildings and steals things

Question 55

whereupon

Answer 55

〜するとすぐに

Question 56

tremendously

Answer 56

とんでもなく

Question 57

convent

Answer 57

修道院

Question 58

bustle

Answer 58

busy activity: I sat in a café, watching the (hustle and) bustle of the street outside.

Question 59

except for

Answer 59

not including; but not: Except for the fact that I lost my jacket, the party was a great success. Everyone was there except for Sally.

Question 60

psychiatrist

Answer 60

精神科医

Question 61

prominently

Answer 61

目立つように

Question 62

indefatigable

Answer 62

不屈の

Question 63

underdog

Answer 63

弱者