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herkimer jerkimerってのがどの辞書にもなく、ググったらNew York Timesに解説が出てた。 ”A "Herkimer Jerkimer?" Why, that's a local yokel, you rube. Herkimer Jerkimer is city lingo for our less urbane countryfolk”とのこと。 nytimes.com/1995/11/19/nyr… #うえ単
behind the wheel - In control of a vehicle; driving. 分かりやすいけど、こういうのは知らないと自分の口からは出ないよね。 en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/behind_th… #うえ単
shilly-shally - to take a long time to do something, especially to make a decision 面白い形の動詞! oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/eng… #うえ単
ぜんぜん関係ないけど、killつながりでdressed to killがあたまに浮かんだ。 dressed to kil - (informal) wearing the kind of clothes that will make people notice and admire you oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/eng… twitter.com/ue_tan_bot/sta… #うえ単
move in/close in for the kill to come closer to something in order to kill, defeat, or destroy it ldoceonline.com/jp/dictionary/… #うえ単
<#うえ単コラム No.8> BBC Learning Englishは英語好きにとってのテーマパーク!! bbc.co.uk/learningenglis… 特に発展的な文法の解説が最高。 bbc.co.uk/learningenglis… #うえ単
the hoi polloi - an offensive word for ordinary people ギリシャ語由来の単語だって。 oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/eng… #うえ単
face the music (informal) to accept and deal with criticism or punishment for something you have done これ好きな熟語。なんかおしゃれ。 oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/eng… #うえ単
for keeps (informal) forever 知らなかったよ...。 やっぱ基礎的な単語こそ手強い。 oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/eng… #うえ単
"I knew my way around cars." know your way around ー to be familiar with a place, subject, etc. 何回か出会ってる表現。 直訳だと「~周辺の自分の道を知ってる」だけど、場所じゃなくて物に関しても使える。 oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/eng… #うえ単
"It was Master Yehudi's wagon all right," all right - used to emphasize that there is no doubt about something この使い方いいね。さらっと使いたい。 oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/ame… #うえ単
somehow or other - used when the specific details about how something is or was done are not important or have been forgotten こんな使い方があったんだ。面白い。 merriam-webster.com/dictionary/som… #うえ単
below the belt - (of a remark) unfair or cruel 何処から出てきた表現か分かりやすい。最低の反則行為。 oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/eng… #うえ単
多数のMerpeopleに囲まれてるHarry。その状況を分析して:"There might be a lot more of them than there were of him." there are more of A than there are of Bで「BよりAが多い」という意味。 探した限り唯一longmanに例文があった。 ldoceonline.com/jp/dictionary/… 何とも不思議な構文。。 #うえ単
kalospinterochromatokreneって単語が出てきて、chromatoしかわからない…って思ってたら、ほぼそのままスウェーデン語だった。。 kalospinterokromatokrene - a fountain illuminated in colours やっぱchromato以外どうしようもなくて訳者あきらめたのかな? en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kalospint… #うえ単
not bear thinking about -to be too shocking or unpleasant to think about macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/bri… "It hardly bears thinking about,"の形で出できた。 人じゃなくて物が主語位置にくるのは面白い。 #うえ単
gear something to/towards something [usually passive] - to make, change or prepare something so that it is suitable for a particular purpose ホントgearは多義語。なかなかつかめない。。 oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/eng… #うえ単
"Mr. Witherspoon had a weakness for the ponies, not to speak of a penchant for dabbling in a friendly game of cards some fifteen or twenty nights a month," このweaknessは「好きすぎて目がない」みたいなやつ。penchantと似た感じ。知らなかった。。 oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/ame… #うえ単
I wouldn’t put it past somebody (to do something) (informal) used to say that you think somebody is capable of doing something wrong, illegal, etc. 仮定法絡みのidiom 。 oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/eng… #うえ単