英語学習Ｑ＆Ａサイト えそら ができました。
http://esaura.cc/
まだできたばかりです。
■NHKラジオ 実践ビジネス英語 Career Activist 復習 10/30 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。
What's the occasion, if I may be so bold as to ask?
Rumor has it that you're on the prowl for a promotion.
I don't want to point any fingers here, but workaholics are
familiar figures in divorce courts.
In workaholic marriages, couples suffer estrangement.
What I appreciate most about my wife - and what's kept our
marriage intact - is that she never nags about the way I work.
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What's the occasion? , 何かおめでたいことがあるのですか。
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An occasion is an important event, ceremony, or
celebration.
ex) It will be a unique family occasion.
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be on the prowl for, ...を求めて徘徊する [うろつく]
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If an animal is on the prowl, it is hunting. If a person
is on the prowl, they are hunting for something such as
a sexual parter or a business deal.
ex) Their fellow travellers are a mix of honeymooners,
single girls on the prowl and elderly couples.
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point a finger, 名指しする
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If you point the finger at someone or point an accusing
finger at someone, you blame them or accuse them of doing
wrong.
ex) He said he wasn't pointing an accusing finger at anyone
in the government or the army.
ビニエットの文章のfamiliar figures（常連）は、
familiar(よく知られた) figures（人物）。
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estrangement, 疎遠、仲たがい
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Estrangement is the state of being estranged from someone
or the length of time for which you are estranged. [FORMAL]
ex) The trip will bring to an end years of estrangement
between the two countries.
これではわからないので、estangedとは、
An estranged wife or husband is no longer living with their
husband or wife. [FORMAL]
If you are estranged from your family or friends, you have
quarrelled with them and are not communicating with them.
[FORMAL]
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keep something intact, ...を維持 [保全] する
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Something that is intact is complete and has not been
damaged or changed.
ex) Customs men put dynamite in the water to destroy
the cargo, but most of it was left intact.
