NHKラジオ　ビジネス英会話　Mobile Phone Distractions (2) 8/1-2 2007 MOLESKINEのノートを買いましたよ。



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アマゾンで2140円でした。

気の迷いで買ったようなものですが、これだけ高価な
ノートに一体何を書けば良いのでしょうか。


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■意味を考えてみよう。答えは以下で

carnage
weave through
clutch
distracted
oversight
fiddle with
in someone's book
peculiar to
on the move

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carnage, 殺りく、大虐殺
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Carnage is the violent killing of large numbers of people,
especially in a war. [LITERARY]

ex) the carnage of motorway accidents

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weave through, …の中を縫うように進む
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If you weave your way somewhere, you move between and
around things as you go there.

ex) He weaved around the tables to where she sat with Bob.

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clutch, つかむ、握る
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= grasp, grip

If you clutch at something or clutch something, you hold it
tightly, usually because you are afraid or anxious.

ex) I staggered and had to clutch at a chair for support.

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distracted, 注意をそらされた、気が散って
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If you are distracted, you are not concentrating on something
because you are worried or are thinking about something else.

ex) She had seemed curiously distracted.
curiously 不思議なくらい、妙に

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oversight, ミス、見落とし
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If there has been an oversight, someone has forgotten to do
something which they should have done.

ex) William was angered and embarrassed by his oversight.

「監督、管理」という意味もあり。

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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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★fiddle with, …をいじる
★in someone's book, …の意見[考え]では
peculiar to, …に特有の
on the move, 移動中で

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