TOEIC 8/3

石井本

  • 二週目開始
  • 1-2 (1-30) 25/30
  • TOEIC の勉強は実に久しぶりですが、とっても眠い ..
  • dye / dyed / dyeing: to give something a different color useing a dye
    • Priscille's hair was dyed jet bkack.
  • tidy: a room, house, desc etc thta is tidy is neatly arranged with everything in the right place
    • neat and tidy
    • neat: tidy and carefuylly arranged
  • self-esteem: a feeling of respect and administration for someone
    • She was an actress who was held in high esteem by everyone who knew her.
  • look down on : 軽蔑する
  • go out of one's mind: 気が変になる
  • contraction: a very stron and painful movement of a muscle, especially of the muscles around the womb during the process of birth
    • womb: the part of a females's body where her baby grows before it's born
  • thigh: the top part of your leg, between your knee and your hip
  • spend 時間 / お金 -ing
    • While sitting on the train, he spent much of the time reading a newspaper.
  • Have the two guest speakers been introduced to each other yet?
    1. 分詞構文なので、完了形か進行形になる
    2. yet があるので、完了形だと判断する
  • If the contractors won't start work soon, the three-river dam won't be built in time.
    • 通常 If の中には will は使えないが、意思を表す場合は使ってよい。be willing to とか intend to
  • 使役動詞 make
    • S make 目的語 原型
    • I must be honest and say that I make my coffee hot even in summer.
  • 受動態の動詞の後に目的語がある場合
    • 元々の文型は SVOO
    • 能動態に戻して考えるとわかりやすい。
      • I was given the book. -> Someone gave me the book.
  • sewage: the mixture of waste from the human body and used water that is carried away from houses by sewers.
    • sewer: a pipe or passage under the ground that carries away waste material and used water from houses and factries
  • pesticide: a chemical substance used to kill insects and small animals that destroy crops
  • runoff: technical: rain or other liquid that flows off the land into rivers
    • nitrogen-rich runoff from agricultural land