come down with If you come down with an illness, you get it. Thomas came down with the chickenpox. chickenpox Chickenpox is a disease which gives you a high temperature and red spots that itch.(水痘) ---------------------------------------…

hard-pressed If you will be hard-pressed to do something, you will have great difficulty doint it. This year the airline will be hard-pressed to make a profit. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 飲んだくれて，…

pestilence Pestilence is any disease that spreads quickly and kills large numbers of people. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 今日は朝，シェイバーを落としてしまい，刃の方から落下して，凹んでしまい， 買い替え…

order A machine or device that is out of order is broken and does not work. Their phone's out of order. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 日曜日始まりのカレンダーをめくって，12月にしてしまいました。 今年もも…

satiate If something such as food or pleasure satiates you, you have all that you need or all that you want of it, often so much that you become tired of it. The dinner was enough to satiate the gourmets. ----------------------------------…

startle If something sudden and unexpected startles you, it surprises and frightens you slightly. The telephone startled him. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 増田有華さん，12月3日お台場で舞台挨拶に参加する…

snow Snow consists of a lot of soft white frozen water that fall from the sky in cold weather. Six inches of snow blocked roads. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 雪に強いはずの北総鉄道，遅延。orz 54年ぶりだ…

新形式でのアビメの詳細についてはよく理解していないのですが， 推測を交えながらの自己分析をします。 私の受験したフォームは，TEX加藤先生のブログでいうところのフォーム１でした。 リスニング L1 (12/16) + L3 (11/15) = PART1/2 (23/31) L2 (22/22) +…

BLOGでいつも有益な情報を提供してくださるTEX加藤先生，ならびに データを提供してくださる皆様に感謝いたします。 新形式になって，はじめて，リスニングの換算表を作成してみました。 リーディングはデータ数が少ないのと都合が良い数字がほとんどないた…

stroke A stroke of luck or good fortune is something lucky that happens. It didn't rain, which turned out to be a stroke of luck. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 昨晩，慌てて，増田有華さんの壁掛けカレンダー…

compact Compact things are small or take up very little space. You use this word when you think this is a good quality. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 飲み会があると夜の更新が難しいので，お昼に。。。 今朝…

let-down also letdown A let-down is a disappointment that you suffer, usually because something has not happened in the way in which you expected it to happen. The band's performance that night at the Seattle Center Coliseum was a letdown.…

clash When people clash, they fight, argue, or disagree with each other. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 本日，TOEIC L&R公開テストを受験なされた皆様，お疲れ様でした。 昨晩のATP WORLD TOUR FINALS, 準決勝のマ…

surrender If you surrender something you would rather keep, you give it up or let someone else have it, for example after a struggle. Nadja had to fill out forms surrendering all rights to her property. ------------------------------------…

TOHOシネマズ渋谷４階スクリーン４にて，開催されました。 席は指定席でD2でした。恐らくお隣の女性は増田有華さんのファンのはず。 勘違いして，会場設置前に勝手に席について，明日のTOEICのリスニングの PART2の音声を聞いていました。勘違いとはいえ，す…

試験前日に届きました。 リスニング，リーディングともに１００％の項目があるのですが。。。orz にゃもし

hermit A hermit is a person who lives alone, away from people and society. I've spent the past ten years living like a hermit. ---------------------------------------------------------------- メチャクチャ眠いので，テニス観戦に備えて，仮眠…

apostasy If someone is accused of apostasy, they are accused of abandoning their religious faith, political loyalties, or principles. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Tokyo City Girl-2016-のイベント，まだ，…

chaos Chaos is a state of complete disorder and confusion. The world's first transatlantic balloon race ended in chaos last night. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 青山学院大学地球社会共生学部の甥が12月10日…

リスニングのPART２が25問中15問ぐらい怪しい状態だったので， 450点割れは覚悟していたのですが，むしろ問題はリーディングで 旧形式では450点を超えるのが普通の感覚だったのが，最近では， やっとこさという感じです。日曜日が思いやられるわけですわ。 …

forsake If you forsake someone, you leave them when you should have stayed, or you stop helping them or looking after them. I still love him and I would never forsake him. ---------------------------------------------------------------- サ…

insulin Insulin is a substance that most people produce naturally in their body and that controls the level of sugar in their blood. Suffers from the more severe form of diabetes have faulty insulin-producing cells. -----------------------…

pundit A pundit is a person who knows a lot about a subject and is often asked to give information or opinions about it to the public. ... a well-known political pundit. ---------------------------------------------------------------- テニ…

aide An aide is an assistant to someone who has an important job, especially in government or in the armed forces. A close aide to the prime minister repeated that Israel would never accept it. ---------------------------------------------…

宛名と整理ナンバーが手書きでした。 にゃもし

A wise man changes his mind, a fool never (will). ---------------------------------------------------------------- せっかくだから，午後11時11分にしようということで，一度，削除しました。 予定になかったフレンドリーマッチのオマーン戦を見てし…

pledge When someone pledges to do something, they promise in a serious way to do it. When they pledge something, they promise to give it. The Communists have pledged to support opposition's motion. Philip pledges support and offers to help…

project If something is projected, it is planned or expected. 13% of Americana are over 65; this number is projected to reach 22% by the year 2030. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ドナルド・トランプ氏，歴史…

自己ワーストも覚悟していましたが，トータルでは自己ベストでした。 幻のTOEFL PBT(ITP)とTOEIC(L&R)の換算式があるのですが，次の日に TOEIC L&Rを受験しているので，TOEFLのスコアからTOEICのスコアを 予測すると， TOEIC=(TOEFL-296)/0.348=780 ですわ。…

slant If information or a system is slanted, it is made to show favor toward a particular group or opinion. The program was deliberately slanted to make the home team look good. -------------------------------------------------------------…