Daily English 2020.09.11

今日の単語。

1. blister（水ぶくれ）

= New shoes can give you blisters.

2. confinement（監禁）

= He spent five years in solitary confinement as a political prisoner.

3. patent（特許）

= In the US, most patents are valid for 20 years from the date of filing.

4. hunch（予感、直観）

= I had a hunch that he would call me.

5. absurdity（ばからしさ）

= I was forced to laugh at the absurdity of the situation.

6. subsidy（補助金）

= The company is surviving on government subsidies.

7. deterioration（悪化、低下）

= A serious deterioration in relations between the two countries led to war.

8. descendant（子孫）

= Native Hawaiians are descendants of Polynesians who arrived there more than 1500 years ago.