TOEIC 6/26

cutxout2005-06-26

石井本

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  • 何とか、半分超えました。:-)
  • Don't put your fingers in the koara's cage if you don't want to be bitten.
    • you と biteの関係は、「かまれる」
  • 分詞構文 -> 主語と分詞の動詞の関係で判断しよう。今まで感覚に頼りすぎ。
  • spend 時間/金 -ing
    • The company spends over $10,000 a year keeping the building clean.
  • The professor is believed to have been working on his current job for over 20 years.
    • currentがあるので、今この時点を含む。-> 進行形
  • 原型 -> 動作の終わりまでを示す。
    • I saw him cross the road.
  • 現在分詞 -> 動作の途中を示す。
    • I saw him crossing the road.
  • 格闘技 -> × play ○ do, plactice
  • sustain: formal to be damaged, hurt or defected or loses a lot of soldiers, money etc
    • Allies forces sustained heavy loses in the first few weeks of the campaign.
  • need 目的語 to do 〜に〜してもらう必要がある
  • repetitive: done many times in the sameway
    • She hated the tedious, repetitive household tasks.
      • tedious: boring, tireing, and continuing for a long time
  • take over: 引き継ぐ
  • would rather/had better: 2語で助動詞と見なされる
    • would rather + 否定: would rather not
    • had better + 否定: had better not
  • dramatics: the study or practice of skills used in drama, such as acting
    • amateur dramatics
  • calm 目的語 down
  • The teacher told us to be so quiet we could hear a pin drop.
    • so that構文で、thatが省略されているものとみなす。
  • extensive: covering a large area
    • The house stands on extensive ground.
  • It was nice of you to remember my mother's birthday ---
    • Remembering my mother's birthday ws nice of you ---
  • scraffy: dirty and untidy
    • a scraffy old pair of jeans
  • plaster: to spread or stick something all over a surfice so that it is thickly covered
    • Her face was plastered with make up.

Dialog1800

  • Part20
  • policy: a contract with an insurance company, or an official written statement giving all the details of such a contact
    • You should obtain a separate policy covering valuable household items.
  • stripped-down policy: よけいな物が何もない
  • RRSP: Registerd Retirement Saving Plan
  • On the heels of --
    • --のすぐ後に続いて
    • The typhoon came on the heels of the previous one.
  • figure out
    • --を理解する
    • I can't figure out what you are saying.
  • weigh: to consider something carefully so that you can make a decision about it
    • Tim weighed the alternatives in his mind.
  • pros and cons: 賛否両論
    • There were both pros and cons in accepting the proposal.