第12回-08/6/27 words & expressions
- an adventurous trip
- byob/bring your own booze/bottle/beer
- subsidize/助成金(補助金)を出す
- eatable
- put on a face
- intimidating/恐ろしい感じの
- what is your specialty? ※specialty/speciality:得意料理、自慢の品
- we're continuing with you
- born and raised in toronto
- your main office is located in...
- it's not written in stone yet.
- we'll go out before you leave
- It's a kind of good.
- luau
- cactus/サボテン
- how did you decide to do this?
- hold a grudge against〜/〜に恨みを抱く、悪い気持ちになる
- don't be in a rush
- emails flood in, a lot of calls flood in
- I'm here safe and sound
- jaywalking/信号を無視して(信号以外のところで)道を渡ること
- what's your smart line?
- masculine/(a)男らしい、力強い ※発音はマスキュリン
- over the limit
●覚えたばかりの英単語が役に立った
- newlywed
●プリントワーク
- forgive and forget
- You can't hold a grudge against him your whole life. Sometimes you just have to forget and forgive.
- fair and square
- A lot of people complain that the last Super Bowl the Dallas Cowboys played in wasn't fair since they had home-field advantage, but they won fair and square.
- wait and see
- I know it takes a while to adjust to life in the college dormitories, but you'll get used to it, just wait and see.
- spick and span(08/7/4)
- This place is a mess! Next Thursday is already Thanksgiving and before your parents come over for turkey we need to have this place looking spick and span.
- safe and sound
- Whenever there's an earthquake in California, calls flood in from relatives in other places making sure that their loved ones are all safe and sound.
- pure and simple = obvious(08/8/2)
- These days if you want to get a real good job you have to go to college pure and simple.
- skin and bones
- Tom used to be pretty chunky, but since he started dieting and going to aerobics he's turned to skin and bones.
- loud and clear ※I understand の意味で使うことも。
- Before the landlord came and fixed this wall I could hear everything the neighbors were doing loud and clear.
- alive and well(08/3/17)
- I never found out whatever became of my old grammar school math teacher, but I'm sure she's still alive and well. ※grammar school = elementary school
- law and order
- It seems to me that I always see police officers eating in donut shops when they really should be keeping law and order.