第11回-08/6/26 words & expressions
- accommodation／accommodations：宿泊設備 lodging, room and boad
- during lunch time
- I'm a look-in. ※look-in／ちらりと見ること、短い訪問、参加の機会
- He's in a good/bad shape.
- you're definitely toned up／確実に鍛えられたよね！ ※tone up：to improve the strength and firmness of your muscles, skin etc
- Exercise can strengthen and tone muscles.
- He began to use weights in order to tone up his body.
- intensity／（行動・思想・感情の）熱心さ
- The intensity of the hurricane was frightening.
- He spoke with great intensity.
- milestone
- improve
- fraternal twins／二卵性双生児 ※一卵性双生児：identical twins
- kill two birds with one stone
- my father is a twin
- chubbier than
- genetic／遺伝の、遺伝的に
- substance／物体、物質、材料
- stream
- he's a firefly buff ※buff: a person who is enthusiastically interested in and very knowledgeable about a particular subject
- confined area／限られた場所
- "I'll mind you!" ※強調したいパートの前に挿入して（06/6/29）="listen to this!"（こっちのほうがカジュアル）
- gloomy／feeling distressed or pessimistic
- the new line come up
- That's nice, but my mind set on (Bianchi).
- I don't mind to go to that show, but I kind of have my mind/heart set on this restaurant. ※子供っぽくなく、「自分はこれをしたくない」という思いを伝える言い方。
- (at least) Something is better than nothing.
- She doesn't nag you.（04/4/21）
- I'll sleep on it.
- High season is very short.
- interest／利息、金利（08/7/11）
- interest free／金利ゼロ
- overdue
- credit sucks
- steep／（仕事などが）ひどく骨のおれる、（話が）大げさな、信じられない
- This is a rather steep statement
- お店の主人をmasterと言っていて通じずownerに訂正
- work under the table
- Are you seeing him off?
- portrait／似顔絵
●覚えたばかりの英単語が役に立った
- renovate
●使いたかった英語を使ってみた
- whenとifの使い分けは意識的にできてたと思う。
●プリントワーク body language idiom
- to pull someone's leg/chain = to play joke on someone（04/6/10）
- Boy, she really knows how to pull your chain!
- to see eye to eye = to agree with someone ※ふつう否定形で使われる
- We didn't exactly see eye to eye.
- I don't always see eye to eye with my father.
- We don't see eye to eye on business issues.
- Mr. Smith and I do not always see eye to eye.
- to be up to your eyes in work = to have too much work ※work's over your headも同意で使えるが、"too much work" のほかに "difficult to understand" の意味があるので注意。
- He's up to his eyes in paperwork.
- if you're up to your eyes in wedding planning, exercising together is a welcome break!
- to laugh your head off = to laugh a lot
- He laughed his head off when he read the letter.
- Fans were screaming their heads off. ※laugh だけでなく scream, shout などとも使える。
- to know a place/person like the back of your hand = to know a place/person very well
- I grew up here; I know the place like the back of my hand.
- He knows the nighttime sky like the back of his hand.
- to have green fingers/thumb = to be good at gardening
- I'm afraid I don't have green fingers. I've killed every plant I've ever owned.
- I was just admiring your beautiful plants. You must have a green thumb.
- to breath down someone's neck = to watch someone very closely
- The supervisor breathes down my neck all the time, trying to make sure I'm working hard enough.
- It's awful having to work with a boss who's breathing down your neck the whole time.
- to have cold feet = to be anxious about something／to suddenly feel that you are not brave enough to do something you planned to do
- The plan failed after sponsors got cold feet.
- I'm worried she may be getting cold feet about our trip to Patagonia.
