Daily English 2020.11.08
今日の単語。
1. pull off（うまくやり遂げる）
= He pulled off a feat that many thought impossible.
2. snap up（先を争って買う）
= Customers were snapping up clearance items.
3. draw up（作成する）
= He drew up the contract himself.
4. pluck up（奮い起こす）
= He plucked up the courage to ask her out.
5. phase out（段階的に停止する）
= The company announced plans to phase out the production of incandescent bulbs.
6. whip up（手早く作る）
= she whipped up lunch for me.
7. opt for（を選ぶ）
= After graduating, he opted for a career in journalism.
8. reminisce about（～の思い出話をする）
= We reminisced about out school days.
Daily English 2020.11.07
今日の単語。
1. fend off（かわす、受け流す）
= The CEO managed to fend off questions from the press.
2. poke around in（～を探して回る）
= She poked around in her closet for something to wear.
3. rattle off（をすらすらと言う）
= He can rattle off the names of every country in Africa.
4. level with（～に本当のことを言う）
= The president should level with the American people.
5. identify with（～に共感する）
= I identified with the main character in the movie.
6. butt in（口を挟む、口出しする）
= Stop butting in when others are speaking.
7. rub off on（～に受け継がれる、伝わる）
= His sense of humor has rubbed off on his son.
8. sounf off about（～について意見をまくし立てる）
= He is always sounding off about politics.
Daily English 2020.11.06
今日の単語。
1. simmer down（落ち着く、気を静める）
= Simmer down, you two!
2. boil down to（結局～である）
= The problem boils down to lack of money.
3. bail out（～を救済する）
= The bank was bailed out by the government.
4. scrape by on（～で何とか暮らしていく）
= More and more people are scraping by on welfare.
5. vouch for（～を保証する）
= I can vouch for his integrity.
6. shell out（～を渋々出す）
= He shelled out $800 for car repairs.
7. patch up（修復する）
= He wants to patch things up with his wife.
8. hinge on（～にかかっている、～次第である）
= The success of the project hinges on support from the community.
Daily English 2020.11.05
今日の単語。
1. tamper with（～をいじくる）
= I could see immediately that the lock had been tampered with.
2. gloss over（～をごまかす、はぐらかす）
= She tried to gloss over his mistake.
3. crop up（発生する、生じる）
= A problem cropped up during surgery.
4. nod off（居眠りする）
= I found myself nodding off during the meeting.
5. descend on（～に押し掛ける、押し寄せる）
= Hudreds of demonstrators descended on the US embassy.
6. sink in（理解される）
（d the e-mail several times before it sank in.
7. hold down（続ける、価格などを抑える）
= He holds down two jobs to provide for his family.
8. run up（ためる、増やす）
= She has run up debts of $20,000.
Daily English 2020.11.04
今日の単語。
1. crack down on （厳しく取り締まる）
= The police have been cracking down on drug dealing.
2. vie for（～を得ようと競い合う）
= Several boys are vying for her attention.
3. lash out at（～を厳しく非難する）
= The prime minister lashed out at the opposition.
4. tap into（（資源などを）利用する）
= We can tap into the wealth of information on the Internet.
5. toy with（～を漠然と考える）
= She is toying with the idea of studying abroad.
6. taper off（次第に弱まる）
= After a while, the rain began to taper off.
7. pore over（～を熟読する、じっくりと見る）
= He spent hours poring over the report.
8. iron out（解決する）
= They have finally ironed out the bugs in the software.
