TOEIC 6/27

cutxout2005-06-27

石井本

  • 4-5 (361-390) 19/30
  • expedition: a long journey, especially one made by a group of people, to a place that is dangerous or that has not been visited before
    • Brow let an expedition to the top of the Kilimanjalo.
  • likeとdislike
    • ○ like to do ○ like doing
    • × dislike to do ○ like doing
  • catheter: a thin tube that is put into your body to take away liquids.
  • 知覚動詞 + 目的語 + do/doing/done
    • 受動態 -> doがto doになる
    • Tom saw me do it. I was seen todo it by Tom.
  • premis: the buildings and land that a shop, restauralt, company etc uses
    • We hope to be moving to new premises shortly.
  • search warrant: 捜査令状
  • by a distance of 〜の距離の分だけ
    • by だからといって受動態になるわけではない
  • exquisite: extremely beautiful and very delicately made
  • take care of
  • 使役動詞 + 目的語 + do/done/doing
    • doは受動態でto doになる
      • They saw him steal the money. -> He was seen to steal the money.
      • They saw him stealing the money. -> He was seen stealing.
  • need doing -> need to be done
  • finish -ingだが、finish (in order) to doの用途ならOKなんだって..orz
    • The job was tricky one but they wanted to finish to ensure that they could home early.
  • concerning (prep) formal a word meaning "about", used to show you are talking or writing about a paticular thing or person
    • Police are anxious to hear any information concerning his whereatouts.
  • concerned (adj) (not before noun) involved in something or affected by it
    • The affair is greatly regretted by everyone canceled.

Dialogue1800

  • part 21,22
  • plaintiff: someone who brings a leal action againt someone in a current of law
    • complaiant: law someone who makes a formal complaint in a court of law
  • probation: a system that allows some climinals not to go to prison of they behave well and see a probation officer (special adviser) regularly, for a fixed period of time
  • fugitive (n) someone who is hiding, especially from the police, and is trying to avoid being caught
    • (adj) a way trying to escape
  • convict (v) to prove or officially announce that someone is guilty of a crime after a trial in a low court
    • XXXX was conviceted of rape.
    • (n) someone who has been proved to be guilty of a crime and sent to prison
  • DNA: deoxyribonucleic acid
  • slay / slew / slain: a word meaning to kill someone, often used in newspaper report: murder
    • He was slain by a ---.
  • undergo: if you undergo a change, an unpleasant expenditure etc, it happens to you, or is done to you
    • She's undergoing surgery.
  • clue: an object or price of information that helps someone solve a crime or mystery.
    • He didn't know who had sent the letter, and the envelope provided to clue.
  • in the know: 内情に詳しい
    • People in the know say the enonomy is in trouble.
  • be out of this world: とびきり上等な
  • be fast asleep: 熟睡している <-> awake
    • The child was fast asleep in the car
      • fast: しっかりと