installment plan / saucy / crack / blunder / Hailstorm / soft target / flaw / avoidance

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installment plan
saucy
crack
blunder
Hailstorm
soft target
flaw
avoidance

installment plan

意味　(米) 分割払い ((英)hire purchase).

Your life on an installment plan: ‘Buy now, pay later’ features creep into more credit tools
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/personal-finance/buy-now-pay-later-installment-loans-retailers-credit-cards-rcna153922

Your life on an installment plan: 'Buy now, pay later' features creep into more credit tools

Uptake of BNPL loans is slowing down, but retailers and credit cards are just getting started offering their own riffs o...

これ、30代までの若者は利用制限した方がいいよ…20代の頃知らずにリボ使い続けてしまってすごく後悔したもん。

saucy

意味　(やや古)〈人などが〉艶っぽい; 生意気な; 威勢のよい.

This ‘panty melting’ book has been revealed as one of the sauciest reads out there
https://metro.co.uk/2024/06/10/this-panty-melting-book-revealed-one-sauciest-reads-going-21004905/

This ‘panty melting’ book has been revealed as one of the sauciest reads going

'This book is my Roman Empire.'

‘panty melting’ってすごい表現w

crack

意味　〈目標など〉をなんとか達成する.

Florida officials to release cold case playing cards in hopes of cracking new leads
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-officials-release-cold-case-playing-cards-hopes-cracking-new-l-rcna156411

Florida officials to release cold case playing cards in hopes of developing new leads

About 5,000 decks of cards featuring photographs and information about unsolved homicides or missing people will be dist...

これ、日本ではできないけどいい試みだな。目にする機会が増えるの大事ね。

blunder

意味　[C] （不注意で愚かな）大失策, 不覚, 不手際

Sunak will ‘absolutely’ remain Tory leader despite D-day blunder, ally says
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/09/rishi-sunak-conservative-tory-leader-election-d-day-anniversary

Sunak will ‘absolutely’ remain Tory leader despite D-day blunder, ally says

Cabinet minister Mel Stride says PM ‘deeply regrets’ early exit from 80th-anniversary commemoration in Normandy

替えたほうがいい気がするなぁー国王置いて早退とかあり得ない事しちゃったから。

Hailstorm

意味　[C]あられ [ひょう] を伴う嵐.

Hailstorm damages nose, cockpit windows of Austrian Airlines plane
https://abcnews.go.com/International/hailstorm-causes-major-damage-nose-cockpit-windows-austrian/story?id=110970221

Hailstorm causes major damage to nose, cockpit windows of Austrian Airlines plane

An Austrian Airlines flight suffered significant damage from hail, which took off part of the airplane's nose on Sunday,...

こっわ…今年に入って世界中で飛行機事故・トラブル多すぎ。

soft target

意味　格好の標的, 餌食 (無防備な民間人など).

Book festivals a ‘soft target’ for protesters – Harvie
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ck559wyxg59o

Book festival protests are 'soft target' - Patrick Harvie

The Scottish Greens' co-leader criticised the objectives of campaigners after three festivals ended sponsorship deals wi...

flaw

意味　欠陥, 不備, 瑕疵

BMI has its flaws. Is the ‘body roundness index’ any better?
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/bmi-flaws-body-roundness-index-better-rcna155898