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Plinth

意味 [C] [建] (円柱の) 方形台座, 柱礎; (彫像の) 台座.

Trafalgar Square Fourth Plinth: Shortlist announced for 2026 and 2028 sculptures

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68316338
Trafalgar Square Fourth Plinth: Shortlist announced for 2026 and 2028 sculptures
Two sculptures from a shortlist of seven will be picked to stand in Trafalgar Square for two years.

このイモかわいいやん!

frazzled

意味 (くだけて) へとへとに疲れた.

Feeling frazzled? This is the UK’s most stressful industry to work in

https://metro.co.uk/2024/02/20/feeling-frazzled-this-uks-stressful-industry-work-20305908/
Feeling frazzled? This is the UK’s most stressful industry to work in
Half of UK workers reported feeling ‘very’ or ‘fairly’ stressed at work.

raid

意味 〈兵士· 戦闘機などが〉〈場所〉を襲撃する, 急襲する

WHO releases video from inside raided Gaza hospital

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68345117
WHO releases video from inside raided Gaza hospital
UN doctors were granted access to the Nasser Medical Complex. One described it as a "death zone".

execute

意味 〈人〉の死刑を執行する, …を処刑する ; 〈人〉を殺す

Russia accused of executing prisoners of war in Avdiivka

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68338550
Avdiivka: Russia accused of executing prisoners of war after Ukraine withdraws
The BBC speaks to relatives after video shows bodies of soldiers who are believed to have surrendered.

箍が外れた感ある?もう私の中でこの国のイメージ戻らないなぁ。

fizzy

意味 シューシューと音を立てる; 〈飲料などが〉発泡性の.

UK’s most fizzy drink-addicted city – and the health implications of the habit

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/health/uks-most-fizzy-drink-addicted-28663542
UK's most fizzy drink-addicted city - and the health implications of the habit
A new survey has revealed the UK's most fizzy drink-addicted city, with a staggering 43 percent of Britons admitting to ...

be fed up of A

意味 (くだけて) (A に) うんざりしている ( A は[名][動名])

Fed up of ‘live, laugh, love’? Brits hate this positive phrase even more

https://metro.co.uk/2024/02/19/fed-live-laugh-love-brits-hate-this-positive-phrase-even-20304645/
There's a phrase that people hate even more than 'live, laugh, love
It's ablest and reductive.

これはわかる。ほーん…って思うわよね。

ditch

意味 (くだけて) (不用なので)〈物〉を取り除く, 捨てる; 〈考え· 計画〉をやめる; 〈学校など〉をやめる.

Cameron government knew Post Office ditched Horizon IT investigation

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68146054
Cameron government knew Post Office ditched Horizon IT investigation
Documents show the secret investigation may have helped wrongly accused postmasters prove their innocence.

富士通好きじゃないけど、この件はもらい事故感ある。でもそういう巻き込まれ事故を防げないのも結果実力よなあ。

figure

意味 (0–9 の) 数字 ; [~s; 数詞を伴って]桁, 位

Philip Schofield gave ‘six figure sum’ to ex-lover

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68336494
Philip Schofield gave 'six-figure sum' to ex-lover
The star helped to pay legal costs and expenses to his ex-colleague after their affair became public.

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