つれづれなる日々にいろどりを

平凡な日々の中に彩りを見つけられることを生きがいにしたい今日この頃 -日々の備忘録-

Daily English 2020.05.06

今日は祭日だけれど、何も変わらない通常運転。

昨日忘れてしまった子どもの日のお祝いでもささやかにしようかな。

今日の単語。

 

 

1. agility(敏捷さ)

= The baseball player combines speed and agility.

 

2. anomaly(不合理、矛盾)

= There are many anomalies in the taxation system.

 

3. blunder(大失敗、へま)

= He made a blunder by calling his boss the wrong name.

 

4. fallacy(誤った考え)

= It is a fallacy that women are bad drivers.

 

5. maneuver(操作)

= This procedure requires a series of technical maneuvers.

 

6. obscurity(無名、あいまいさ)

= She rose from obscurity to stardom.

 

7. reprieve(一時的猶予)

= They were granted a reprieve from deportation.

 

8. rubble(がれき)

= Three survivors were found in the rubble.