Measles / downside / Steer (well) clear of A / reluctant / move up A / smooch / dismember / excruciating

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Measles
downside
Steer (well) clear of A
reluctant
move up A
smooch
dismember
excruciating

Measles

意味　[U] [医] はしか, 麻疹

Measles case confirmed in a person who attended Kentucky spiritual revival event
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/25/health/kentucky-measles-asbury-revival/index.html

Measles case confirmed in a person who attended Kentucky spiritual revival event | CNN

Health officials are warning that people who attended the weekslong spiritual revival event at Asbury University in Wilm...

サムネ見ると日本みたいに1席ずつ空けて座ったりしないんだね。この距離感は私もう無理だな…。

downside

意味　[C][単数形で]下降気味; ＜…の＞否定的な側面＜of, to＞ .

Analysis: Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly learn the downside to Hollywood romances
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/25/entertainment/megan-fox-machine-gun-kelly-relationship-plc/index.html

Analysis: Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly learn the downside to Hollywood romances | CNN

February is, of course, the month of love. Though we are beyond Valentine’s Day, and even the half-price candy sales tha...

この二人、どっちも好みの顔なんで続いてほしいんだけどなー。

Steer (well) clear of A

意味　(くだけて) (うまく) A〈危険· 困難· 暗礁など〉を避ける

Restaurant owners advise newbies: Steer clear of the industry
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/25/business/restaurant-closures/index.html

Covid shrank the restaurant industry. That’s not changing anytime soon | CNN Business

It’s never been easy to operate a restaurant, and in recent years it’s been even harder.

日本もコロナ後のインフレ＆食テロ衛生問題で苦しそう。

reluctant

意味　〈人· 行動が〉いやいやながらの, しぶしぶの, 乗り気のしない

Why Eugene Levy is a ‘reluctant’ traveler
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/schitts-creek-eugene-levy-reluctant-traveler/index.html

Why ‘Schitt’s Creek’ star Eugene Levy is a ‘reluctant’ traveler | CNN

Canadian star Eugene Levy is continually forced out of his comfort zone in his latest TV project “The Reluctant Traveler...

move up A

意味　A〈予定日など〉を繰り上げる.

If you want to see DC’s cherry blossoms this year, move up your plans
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/25/us/cherry-blossoms-early-peak-record-climate/index.html

DC’s iconic cherry trees could hit a record-early peak bloom as temperatures soar | CNN

Cherry blossoms usually peak around April 4, but records show peak bloom in DC has been coming earlier than usual in rec...

今年暖かくなるの早いよねぇ…九州だから？

smooch

意味　熱いキスを交わす; 抱擁する; 愛撫（あいぶ）する

This Chinese kissing device lets you smooch over the internet
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/25/china/china-remote-kissing-device-intl-hnk/index.html

Web-based kissing device horrifies Chinese social media users | CNN Business

Want to send your faraway lover a kiss? A Chinese contraption with warm, moving silicon “lips” appears to have just the ...

smoothと空目してたわ…発音は「 /smuːtʃ/ 」
そしてすごいビジュアルw　でもこういうデバイスにどんどん我々は慣れていくんだろうなあ。

dismember

意味　〈人· 動物など〉の手足を切り離す [ばらばらにする].

Three arrested after model Abby Choi’s dismembered body found in Hong Kong
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/25/asia/abby-choi-hong-kong-model-dismembered-arrests-intl-hnk/index.html

Ex-husband of dismembered model Abby Choi arrested at pier in Hong Kong trying to ‘abscond,’ police say | CNN

Police in Hong Kong say they have arrested the ex-husband of model and influencer Abby Choi, following the discovery of ...

こんな単語なんだ…うう｡

excruciating

意味　（肉体的または精神的に）極度に苦しめる, ひどく苦しい; (くだけて) ひどい; やりきれない, うんざりさせるような.

Doctor makes shocking discovery after 4-year-old had excruciating ear pain at a BBQ
https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2023/02/23/tiktok-doctor-mystery-diagnosis-grill-brush-orig-cprog-dp.cnn