(2013/6/21)
- daunting/人の気力をくじく、very difficult to do or deal with
- a daunting task
- Few things are more daunting than having to speak in front of a large crowd.
- Shakespeare's plays can be daunting for a young reader.
- benign←→malignant
- 水ぶくれ/blister
- calling/天職、the work that a person does or should be doing
- She discovered architecture as her true calling while in college.
- flair/才能、コツ
- have a flair
- do things with a flair
- He has a flair for storytelling.
- so-and-so/だれそれ、某
- She's always gossiping and telling people that so-and-so is getting married or divorced or something.
- Let's say Mr. So-and-so, who is related to you, asks to borrow $1,000. Would you give it to him?
- tolerant/willing to accept feelings, habits, or beliefs that are different from your own/ able to allow or accept something that is harmful, unpleasant, etc.(日本語では意味がわかるのに英語で説明ができなかった。)
- obsolate = irrelevant = outdated
- credible/信頼できる