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■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 Midlife Crisis (1) 9/3 2008
■意味を考えてみよう。今日取り上げる単語が含まれています。
I understand that he's experienced something of a burn-out
and has decided to take a few days off to recuperate
quietly at home.
You mean he's ditching the family station wagon for a sparkling
red sports car and trading his wife in for a younger model?
It's a rite of passage as you grow older and hopefully wiser.
But for some, the midlife crisis sets in much earlier than
for others, doesn't it?
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recuperate, （健康、損失などを）取り戻す、回復する
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=recover
When you recuperate, you recover your health or strength
after you have been ill or injured.
ex) He is recuperating from a serious back injury.
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ditch, 捨てる、見捨てる
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=dump
If you ditch something that you have or are responsible for,
you abandon it or get rid of it, because you no longer
want it. [INFORMAL]
ex) I decided to ditch the sofa bed.
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trade in, ...を下取りに出す
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If you trade in an old car, machine, or piece of equipment,
you give it to a dealer when you buy a new one so that
you get a reduction on the price.
ex) You might trade the car in for a smaller one.
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rite of passage, 通過儀礼
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A rite is a traditional ceremony that is carried out by
a particular group or within a particular society.
ex) Most traditional societies have transition rites
puberty.
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set in, (好ましくないことが)始まる、入り込む
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If something unpleasant sets in, it begins and seems likely
to continue or develop.
ex) By the time he had got in back in place, panic had set in.
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その他にも、次も押さえておきたい。[誌面の都合上省略] ★は重要表現
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equate something with, ...を...に結びつける、...を...と同一視する
quarterlife, (人生の4分の1を通過した)20代の
