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sizzle
Gonorrhoea
billow
sweeping
stark
vitriolic
acquit
pact

sizzle

意味　(くだけて) 燃えるように熱い; 焼けるように暑い.

Temperatures expected to sizzle in the West and south Texas this week
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/temperatures-expected-sizzle-west-south-texas-week-rcna155160

Temperatures expected to sizzle in the West and south Texas this week

Around 22 million people are under heat alerts across parts of southern Texas, as well as California and the desert Sout...

料理的な意味しか知らなかったー汗がしたたるイメージね。今年も夏きつそうだなあ。

Gonorrhoea

意味　[U] [医] 淋病 (性感染症の一種) .

Gonorrhoea cases reach record high in England
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4nnmgzkgm3o

Gonorrhoea cases reach record high in England

Syphilis, meanwhile, rose 9.4% last year, with more heterosexual men and women becoming infected.

発音は「 /ɡɑ̀ (ː)nəríːə|ɡɔ̀nərɪ́ə/ 」

billow

意味　(文)〈煙などが〉＜…から＞もくもくと立ち上る (up) ＜out of, from＞.

Person rescued as smoke billows from construction site
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqee8378n2yo

Canning Town: Seven hospitalised after fire at construction site

Ten fire engines and about 70 firefighters are tackling the fire near Silvertown Way, Canning Town.

sweeping

意味　広範囲にわたる, 大々的な; 包括的な

White House expected to unveil sweeping immigration order
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7227y6nqzmo

Biden says asylum restrictions necessary to 'control border'

Immigration is a top issue for many voters, and a possible threat to Biden's reelection chances.

stark

意味　〈選択· 事実· 状態などが〉厳しい, 避けられない

‘Vote or face war’: Poland PM’s stark warning ahead of EU election
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c88804wnn2go

Poland's PM delivers stark warning ahead of EU elections

Donald Tusk is urging Poles to vote for his coalition, to best protect against Russian aggression.

vitriolic

意味　(かたく) 痛烈な, 辛辣な

Argylle director Matthew Vaughn confronts ‘vitriolic’ response to movie
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/argylle-matthew-vaughn-bad-reviews-b2556058.html

Argylle director Matthew Vaughn confronts ‘vitriolic’ response to movie

The spy caper, which stars Bryce Dallas Howard and Henry Cavill, was widely panned upon its release this year

acquit

意味　[通例 be ～ted]〈人が〉無罪を宣告される（⇔convict）.

Pakistan former PM Imran Khan acquitted in state secrets case
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx009lq1043o

Pakistan former PM Imran Khan acquitted in state secrets case

A high court acquits Khan in one case, but he will remain in prison because of another conviction.

pact

意味　[C] （集団· 国家間の）＜…との＞協定, 条約＜with＞; 取り決め（主に「国際協定」を意味するが, (報道) ではあらゆる協定· 条約について用いる）

South Korea to suspend military pact with North over trash balloons
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/south-korea-suspend-military-pact-north-trash-balloons-rcna155131

South Korea to suspend military pact with North over trash balloons

Suspending the 2018 agreement will pave the way for the South to conduct training near the border and take “sufficient a...