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fiery
stare A down
Descendant
binge drinking
privilege
die off
juror
hinder

fiery

意味　火のように赤い, 燃えるように熱い

7 takeaways from Biden’s fiery State of the Union
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/7-takeaways-bidens-fiery-state-union/story?id=107913566

7 takeaways from Biden's fiery State of the Union

President Joe Biden delivered a fiery and forceful State of the Union address on Thursday night

発音は「 /fáɪ (ə)ri/ 」
fire派生なのにスペルがfier-になるのほんと…英語圏では普通の変化なんだろうなぁ。

stare A down

意味　（目をそらすまで）A〈人〉をじっと見つめる, にらみつける.

Biden stares down questions about his age and fitness for office with spirited speech
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/biden-age-fitness-state-union-speech-rcna140771

Biden stares down questions about his age and fitness for office with spirited speech

Analysis: Biden flubbed a few prepared lines and stumbled a bit during ad-libs, but he belied the GOP caricature of him ...

好評だったようで。いつもこの調子ならいいのに…っていつもだと疲れるか。

Descendant

意味　[通例～s]（人· 生物の）子孫, 後裔

Descendants of King William II’s killer keen to donate triptych depicting death to British museum
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/08/descendants-of-king-william-iis-killer-keen-to-donate-triptych-depicting-death-to-british-museum

Descendants of King William II’s killer want to donate triptych depicting death to UK museum

Latin-inscribed artwork tells story of Walter Tirel, whose son killed British monarch

binge drinking

意味　大量に酒を飲むこと; 一気飲み.

How Gen Z is fighting back against binge drinking in South Korea
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/how-gen-z-is-fighting-binge-drinking-culture-in-south-korea/

How Gen Z is fighting back against binge drinking in South Korea

Korean workers have become the biggest binge-drinkers in East Asia – but a backlash could be about to change that

privilege

意味　[C] （特定の人· 集団に与えられる）特権, 特典; 特別扱い

James Crumbley has jail communication privileges restricted after ‘threatening statements’
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/james-crumbley-jail-communication-privileges-restricted-threatening-st-rcna142388

James Crumbley has jail communication privileges restricted after 'threatening statements'

The father of Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley is on trial on four counts of involuntary manslaughter in the killi...

die off

意味　〈人· 動物などが〉少しずつ死んでいく

Mass die-offs rising among farmed salmon
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68502267

Mass die-offs among farmed salmon on the rise around the world

Warmer seas and greater reliance on technology are linked to hundreds of millions of farmed salmon deaths.

juror

意味　陪審員 .

Judge restricts access to jurors’ identities in Trump hush money trial
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/judge-restricts-access-jurors-identities-trump-hush-money-trial-rcna142348

Judge restricts access to jurors’ identities in Trump hush money trial

Judge Juan Merchan said in a protective order that their names and addresses will be available only to Trump and lawyers...

hinder

意味　じゃまになる, 障害となる.

Florida’s Medicaid call center’s wait times, disconnection rates are hindering health care access, study warns
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/floridas-medicaid-call-centers-wait-disconnection-rates-preventing-hea-rcna142179