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upstate
意味 (主に米) (中心から離れた) 州北部の [に].
Child is among 3 dead after Amtrak train hits a pickup truck in upstate New York
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/child-3-dead-amtrak-train-hits-pickup-truck-upstate-new-york-rcna153004
![](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_nbcnews-fp-1200-630,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2024-05/240520-amtrak-train-ny-crash-ps-0256-a60018.jpg)
up=地図の上側=北部かぁー落ち着いて考えたら分かったな!
pundit
意味 [C]評論家, 専門家; 有識者; 賢者.
Which BBC pundit got his predictions spot on – and how did the others fare?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/69038051
![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/live-experience/cps/624/cpsprodpb/BD91/production/_130692584_bbcpunditpremierleaguepredictions.jpg)
be sworn in
意味 〈人が〉<職務に> 宣誓して就任する <as>
Lai Ching-te is sworn in as Taiwan’s new president, as China looks on with suspicion
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/taiwan-presidential-inauguration-william-lai-ching-te-china-rcna152720
![](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_nbcnews-fp-1200-630,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2024-05/240519-lai-ching-te-cc-0940p-1f0e97.jpg)
穏やかそうなお顔だ。
quest
意味 (かたく/文) <…の> (長期にわたる) 探求, 追求 (search) <for, of>
Google remains focused on its long quest for your eyeballs
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/19/google-ai-overview-attention
![](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/0a9b52ff2b5f125db661bab193050594e6a8b24e/0_0_6625_3977/master/6625.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=7233c149f39c7ff40b2bf6ce82d0221b)
extradition
意味 [U][C] (国外逃亡犯の) 本国送還; (管轄国への) 引き渡し.
WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange faces U.S. extradition judgment day
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/wikileaks-julian-assange-faces-us-extradition-judgment-day-rcna152951
![](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_nbcnews-fp-1200-630,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2024-02/240220-assange-mb-0931-461c1c.jpg)
despicable
意味 軽蔑すべき, 卑しい, 卑劣な.
The five most despicable stop-motion creatures
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/five-most-despicable-stop-motion-creatures/
![](https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/static/uploads/1/2024/05/From-cyclops-to-evil-other-mothers-the-five-most-despicable-stop-motion-creatures-Far-Out-Magazine.jpg)
whopping
意味 (くだけて)[[名]の前で; 通例 a ~ A]途方もない, とてつもなく大きい A〈金額· 規模など〉.
Alcohol abuse costs a whopping £27,000,000,000 a year in England
https://metro.co.uk/2024/05/18/alcohol-abuse-costs-a-whopping-27-000-000-000-a-year-england-20865923/
![](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SEC_204798871-3d34_1716049020.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200&h=630&crop=1)
stand in line
意味 列を作って並ぶ
Trump’s hush money trial makes big money for professional line-standers
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/donald-trumps-hush-money-trial-big-money-line-standers-rcna152809