Critics of the book argued that the author aggrandizes [əˈɡɹænˌdaɪz] corrupt politicians.aggrandize
verb [əˈɡɹænˌdaɪz]
To aggrandize something is to enhance its power, wealth, position, or reputation. Aggrandize can also mean "to increase or enlarge" or "to praise highly."
Latin adjective grandis, meaning "grand," ... Nowadays, aggrandize is often paired with self (either the word or the prefix: to "aggrandize oneself" or to "be self-aggrandizing" is to glorify oneself, or to intently pursue power, wealth, and the like English cowpoke
特権prerogative
It was the professor's prerogative to decide the textbook for the course.
読む私たちは、今学期に十冊の本を読まなければならない。
わたしたちは、こんがっきにじゅっさつのほんをよまなければならない。
Watashi-tachi wa, kon gakki ni ju-ssatsu no hon o yomanakereba naranai.
We have to read ten books this school semester.
She was thrilled to discover that the next book on the syllabus was a bildungsroman [ˈbɪldʊŋsɹoˌmɑn] by her favorite author.bildungsroman
noun [ˈbɪldʊŋsɹoˌmɑn]
A bildungsroman is a novel about the moral and psychological growth of the main character.
Bildungsroman is the combination of two German nouns: Bildung, meaning "education," and Roman, meaning "novel." (Nouns in German are always capitalized.) English cowpoke
一年で教科書全部をおえます。
おえる一年で教科書全部を終えます。
いちねんできょうかしょぜんぶをおえます。
Ichi-nen de kyōkasho zenbu o oemasu.
During the year we will cover the entire textbook.
My first foray [ˈfɔrˌeɪ] into Marie Kondo’s efficient way of living began when I bought an incredibly messy former roommate her breakout book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up a few years ago. (It’s safe to say that neither of us ended up reading it, and the book got lost within his ‘stuff’ pile.)foray
noun [ˈfɔrˌeɪ]
A foray is an initial and often tentative attempt to do something in a new or different area of activity, as in “the novelist’s foray into nonfiction.” In martial contexts, foray means “a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils.”
likely ancestor of foray is an Anglo-French word referring to the violent sort who do invasion forays, but that word could also refer to a forager—that is, one who wanders in search of food. (Forage has the same etymological English cowpoke
The workers’ opening gambit [ˈɡæmbət] in the negotiations was to demand a wage hike.gambit
noun [ˈɡæmbət]
A gambit is something done or said in order to gain an advantage or to produce a desired effect.
Gambit first appeared in English in a 1656 chess handbook that was said to feature almost a hundred illustrated gambetts. Gambett traces back first to the Spanish word gambito, and before that to the Italian gambetto, from gamba meaning “leg.” Gambetto referred to the act of tripping someone, as in wrestling, in order to gain an advantage. English cowpoke
私はその本をほんの2ページしか読まなかったI read no more than two pages of the book. 論理表現 gatolife
＜「とってくる」的な get の幅広さ＞
Get me a towel,will you？
：タオルを＿＿＿＿＿＿？
I’ll go and get the phone book.
：電話帳を＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿。
His father got him a job at the local factory.
：彼は父親に地元の工場の仕事を＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿。
Her boyfriend got her a big bunch of flowers.
：彼女は恋人に大きな花東を＿＿＿＿＿＿＿。
get someone from the house
：家から誰かを＿＿＿＿＿
Can you go and get a doctor？
：医者を呼んできて＿＿＿＿＿＿＿？
Can you come and get me from [at,×to] the station?(=Can you pick me up at the station?)
：駅まで迎えに＿＿＿＿＿＿＿？＜「とってくる」的な get の幅広さ＞
Get me a towel,will you？
：タオルを取ってくれる？
I’ll go and get the phone book.
：電話帳を持ってきましょう。
His father got him a job at the local factory.
：彼は父親に地元の工場の仕事を見つけてもらった。
Her boyfriend got her a big bunch of flowers.
：彼女は恋人に大きな花東を買ってもらった。
get someone from the house
：家から誰かを呼んでくる
Can you go and get a doctor？
：医者を呼んできてもらえませんか？
Can you come and get me from [at,×to] the station?(=Can you pick me up at the station?)
：駅まで迎えに来てくれますか？ 第32回演習EvaGreEnglish Evagreen
