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Syria denounces the U.S.-led attack

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defiance; 反抗的な態度、反逆

SYRIA'S DEFIANCE


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arsenal; 兵器庫、兵器貯蔵庫

SYRIA was bombed with an eye-watering THIRTY TWO TONNES of the most powerful weaponry in the arsenals of the US, UK and France, it has been revealed.


Say You Won't Let Go - James Arthur Cover by Tanner Patrick

0:41
stone-cold sober; まったくのしらふで
sober は「酒に酔っていない」という意味。
【例】I have been sober for 5 years.

For a minute I was stone-cold sober 




This Self-Taught Taxidermist May Be the Last One in India | National Geographic

taxidermy; 剥製術(はくせい)
taxidermist が「剥製師」。

India’s ban on hunting has nearly killed the art of taxidermy. Santosh Gaikwad may be the last taxidermist in the country.
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【ちょっとメモ】
I went to the doctor.は普通に「病院へ行った」になる。I went to the hospital.では、緊急の症状である場合で、「入院する」と同等のニュアンスになるため注意が必要。大した病気じゃないなら、I went to see the doctor.などといいましょう。



ZAYN - Let Me (Official Video)

0:34
duvet day; 羽毛布団の日
仕事ができないほど疲れているため、自宅で休養する日のことです。特定の理由がなくても、取得できる有給休暇です。イギリスの企業に多いです。

Duvet days and vanilla ice cream 
More than just one night together exclusively 




Trump Might Have a Secret Kid and Mark Zuckerberg's Second Day in Congress | The Daily Show

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lobbyist; ロビー活動を行う人物

chastise; to criticize someone severely; 厳しく非難する、責める
【例】The organizations have chastised the government. 

Facebook can afford a shit-ton of lobbyists. So all lawmakers can really do is just chastise Facebook publicly and ask them nicely to go and think about what they've done. 




Why black Americans are getting less sleep

3:19
insulin resistance; インスリン抵抗性
糖尿病の人は、インスリンを投与しても血糖値が下がりづらいと言われています。

precursor; 前兆
a precursor to まで覚えましょう。

We also start seeing signs of insulin resistance - which is a precursor to diabetes. 




US voting machines are failing. Here’s why.

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remain to be seen; 現時点では不明である
【例】It remains to be seen whether I will accept the offer. 

Whether that money will be used to replace all of America's aging voting machines, (it) remains to be seen



Shawn Mendes "Lost In Japan" (Audio)

0:59
You could cut the tension with a knife. ; ぴりぴりした空気が漂っている、重々しい空気が感じられる
ナイフで切ろうと思えば、切れるぐらい緊張した雰囲気であるということです。

I could feel the tension
We could cut it with a knife. 
(上記のイディオムが使われています)



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TEENS REACT TO NINTENDO SWITCH (TRAILERS)

 
1;15
break your bank; to cost too much 
break the bankとも。

- This probably will be so much money though, break your bank.

2;38
plummet; to fall suddenly 

- Oh, man. If I were to actually get this, though, my grades in school would plummet.(文法もチェック!)

3;49
nostalgia;(n)  feeling of pleasure and also slight sadness (過去を振り返って)(Cambridge) 

- Super, super sense of nostalgia right now.
 
5;35
console; (n) a special area containing a set of controls for electric equipment (Cambridge)
動詞で慰めるという意味も。

 (FBE) So these were some commercials for the Nintendo Switch, 
the latest console from Nintendo, due to release in March.

 
5;51
versatile; (以前も紹介しましたが、発音に注意してください)

- It made it look like it was extremely versatile.





Trump Tells Friends That Stormy Daniels Is Not His Type: Report

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ding dong; (繰り返し鳴らされる鐘のように)騒々しい口論
騒がしい激論のことです。

Her attorney, Michael Avenatti, had an extraordinary ding dong battle with the lawyer for Trump's embattled advisor, Micheal Cohen. 




Fall Out Boy - Sugar, We're Goin Down (Concept Version)

0:50
mausoleum; (壮大な)墓
幾つもの墓が集まった壮大な建物のことを指します。

Lie in the grass next to the mausoleum 




School District Arming Teachers, But Not With Guns...

0:37
absurd; 不合理な
absurdity(名詞)は紹介済み。

I completely agree that it is absurd to arm teachers with rocks.  




Olympic Ice Skater Adam Rippon on Being a Hero for LGBTQ Youth

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the writing on the wall; 不吉な兆候
聖書が由来の言葉です。突如指が現れ、壁に文字が書かれた。その後、王は文字の意味の謎を解くが、その夜、王は死んでしまう。壁に何か書かれたら、悪いことが起こる序章であることを示しています。

When I was young, I had a goldfish named Princess Diana. And that should have been the writing on the wall for me. 


以下の動画もこの意味です。
Sam Smith - Writing's On The Wall (from Spectre)

1:34
suffocate; 窒息死する
去年書いた、以下の動画にも出てきています。

When you're not here, I'm suffocating

1:44
For you I have to risk it all
'Cause the writing's on the wall



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今回の動画は
Elders React to I Mailed Myself in a Box Challenge (Human Mail 24 Hour Challenge)

2:38
fabricate; to invent false information in order to trick people (OALD)

- I just think it was totally fabricated.

5;45
it was staged; it was set up, it was acted and scripted 

- I think it was staged.

6;06
- I think it was staged and it was very amusing.

5;59
convince; to make yourself believe that sth is true (OALD)

- The second one is more convincing.
The first one didn't.

8;02
suffocate; to die because there is no air to breathe / to kill... (OALD)
2番めの動画にも出てきています。

- If you get a little tiny guy that decides he's gonna try this, then you might run into somebody suffocating in a box.

9;48
claustrophobic; (/kl`ɔːstrəfóʊbɪk/) 閉所恐怖症の

Because I get claustrophobic.

 

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