TOEIC 4/1

cutxout2005-04-01

  • Part1,2の復習
  • 20分ほど仮眠
    • stroll <-> stride
    • crutch: [usually plural] one of a pair of long sticks that you put under your arms to help you walk when you have hurt your leg
    • delicacy: [countable] something good to eat that is expensive or rare
    • adjacent: something that is adjacent to something else, especially a room, building, or area, is next to it
    • ajar: a door that is ajar is slightly open
    • steep: a road, hill etc that is steep slopes at a high angle
    • disembark: [intransitive] to get off a ship or aircraft -opposite embark
    • puddle: a small pool of water, especially rainwater, on a path, road etc
    • adorn: formal to decorate something
    • stool: a seat without any supporting part for your back or arms
    • swing by: 《句動》〜に立ち寄る,寄り道をする,《名》→swing-by
    • 卵の焼き方
    • reckon: to guess a number or amount, without calculating it exactly

"swing by"ってこういう意味があるとは知らなかった。どう考えてもスイングバイとしか思いつかない。しかし、試験中に

  • Don't you remember to back up all your files before went on your trip?
  • No, and I lost everything on my hard drive.

というやりとりを聞きながら、普通旅行行く前にファイルをバックアップする奴なんかいないだろうとつっこみを入れている自分は、きっとTOEIC向きの人間ではないのだろう。