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 2020.11.05

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.