YouTubeで生の英語を学ぶ

YouTube動画の中に出てきた単語で難しめのものをリストアップしています。 I picked up some difficult words that appeared on a YouTube video. ネイティブを超える英語力と教養を身につけるための英単語データベース

December 2017

Ed Sheeran on His Girlfriend and Working with Beyoncé

4;14
clumsy; 不器用な
（この記事、３つ目の動画にもclumsyが出てきています。）

I'm a quite clumsy person, so I kind of thought I was overreacting. （サイクルの途中で骨折したのに、そのままパブへ行ったこと）


Inventions that shook the world - S01E09 - THE 1980'S

29;20
give free rein; 好きなようにさせる

they knew that a lot of them would be given free rein to pursue what they wanted to pursue.

29;31
primitive; 初期の、原始の

a forerunner; 先駆者

It is a very primitive forerunner to the Internet. 

32;50
maneuvers; （軍の）演習

This technology could be used on army maneuvers.


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今回の動画は

KIDS REACT TO THE PEANUTS MOVIE (Snoopy and Charlie Brown!)


4;32
clumsy ; (adj ) moving or doing things in a very awkward way (OALD)
不器用といったイメージ

- Because he's clumsy, people
are always very mean to him.

4;49
bossy ; (adj) always telling other people what to do, in a way that is annoying (LDOCE)

- She's really annoying and bossy.

Dave Franco's Cats Took Over His Life

1;58
get something off my chest; 打ち明ける、胸のつかえをおろす
悩み事などを打ち明かすときに。

I'm glad to get this off my chest because it's been sticking with me for years.（Ellenが怒っていなかったのだと知って、気持ちが楽になった）


Is It Okay To Say The 'D' Word About Trump Yet?

0;49
dementia; 認知症

You have somebody inside the White House that the New York Daily News says is mentally unfit; that people close to him say is mentally unfit; that people close to him during the campaign told me (he) had early stages of dementia. (News)


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今回の動画は
Teens React to K-Pop (BTS - Blood, Sweat & Tears, BLACKPINK, EXO-CBX)

1;21
aesthetically pleasing ; nice look 

aesthetic (esthetic) ；concerned with beauty (OALD)

- It's super aesthetically pleasing. (laughing)

go ham ; to do super hard looking dances
(ここでは）「がんばってる、すごくできている」といったいい意味で使われます。ここではプラスのイメージです。go crazy といった意味もあります。どちらも、度を越している感があります。

- Dude, I love watching K-pop music videos because they go so ham with them.

2;06
not my cup of tea ; 好みじゃない

It's not really my cup of tea, but I still enjoyed it.

8;04
stand out; 目立つ to be very noticeable 
アピールすると言いたいときに使いましょう

- They stand out.

immaculate ; (adj) extremely clean and tidy (OALD)
tidy (/taidi) ; きれいな、小綺麗な（部屋や人）

They're, like, literally too immaculate
（女性のKpopグループに関して）


本日のニュース。天皇陛下が退位する日が2019年4月30日に決まった。平成は2019年（平成31年）で終わることとなる。退位は英語で abdication だ。

Emperor Akihito’s abdication explained | FT World

0;00
abdicate; 退位する

Emperor Akihito signalled his intention to abdicate in an emotional ten minutes speech that was aired on Japanese television. 


【和製英語注意】日本語のコインランドリーは、アメリカでは laundromat で、イギリスでは launderette といいます。

Laundry Virgin?! - How To Do Your Laundry In College

0;29
detergent; 洗剤

I didn't know how to do detergent. 

0;34
「洗濯したい」は、I want to do a load of laundry. です。

I never actually did a whole complete load of laundry. 


-----------2016/11-----------
今回の動画は
Daniel Radcliffe attacks Eddie Redmayne's wand!

0;45
heartbreaking; causing extremely sadness (Cambridge Dic.)

That's heartbreaking, Dan! 

0;59
mother of pearl; 真珠

it's made of shell, there's a bit of mother of pearl. 

ostentatious ; (adj) expensive or noticeable in a way that is intended to impress people (OALD)
見せびらかすようなイメージです。

Oh, did he think it was a bit ostentatious?

1;09
rough-hewn ;(adj)  cut in a way that leaves it with a rough surface (OALD)
荒削りの

Mine was more sort of rough-hewned from a tree. 

Savannah Guthrie On Matt Lauer's Firing

0;29
reconcile; 和解させる
【例】They were finally reconciled. ついに仲直りした。
ここでは、”どう気持ちを調整するか、帳尻をあわせるか”といった意味合いになります。

revelation; sth that is revealed; 暴露された事実

How do you reconcile your love for someone with the revelation that they have behaved badly? 

2;01
How do you reconcile what you thought about this person?（近所の人が殺人犯だったとき、どうreconcileするか）


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今回の動画は
HOMELESS WOMEN ATTACKED ME/TRIED TO STEAL MY PHONE! (WITH FOOTAGE)

homie; 仲間
homeyとも。

That homie!
He's my homey.

2;39
head over; ーに向かう

Yeah, it was my first day of school, and then  I finished class and I decided to head over to Mc'Donalds.

a curb; 縁石（歩道のところにある）

I was sitting on a curb and waiting for my parents to pick me up.

3;00
ragged ; (/raegid/) old and torn (past part)
主に洋服に対して使います。

a homeless lady comes up to me and the reason I know she's homeless is because she had very ragged clothing.

attire ; (n) clothes
フォーマルな言い方

She just had proper homeless woman attire.

3;13
Oh, and she also had one of those cardboard signs that said like God forgives you... give money. Something like that, I don't know.

7;10
swarm;発音注意 (/swo:m/) to move in a large group;群れで動く 
蜂などによく使います

And I could see all the homeless people all around her about to swarm me or something.


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