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impeachmentという単語を覚えられたのは彼のおかげだし、英語学習始めた時期がちょうど2021初頭（例のアジ事件最中）だったので思い出深いんですよねw
participants
意味 参加者
Whether any of Mr. Trump’s White House advisers had direct knowledge of the campaign is unclear, but one of the participants in the operation against Mr. McMaster, Barbara Ledeen, said she was brought on by someone “with access to McMaster’s calendar.”
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Senate Judiciary Committee
意味 上院司法委員会
At the time, Ms. Ledeen was a staff member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, then led by Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa.
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この文では最初「Iowa」を「ロワ」って読みましたね。…「アイオワ」ですね。いやいや仕方なくないですか！フォントにもよるけどわかんなかったですよ。
smear
意味 名誉毀損, 中傷.
On Thursday, James O’Keefe, the head of the group, said this article was “a smear piece.”
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decline
意味 (かたく)〈人が〉（招待· 申し出· 依頼などを） 丁寧に断る, 辞退する ((よりくだけて)turn down)
Mr. McMaster declined to comment.
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この単語のニュアンスがわかってなかったんですが、ちゃんと調べたらrefuseより控えめみたい。辞書眺めるのもいいですね。
hatch
意味 〈陰謀· 計画など〉を企てる, もくろむ (up)
The operation against Mr. McMaster was hatched not long after an article appeared in BuzzFeed News about a private dinner in 2017.
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counsel
意味 弁護士
Not long after, Ms. Catz called Donald F. McGahn II, then the White House counsel, to complain about Mr. McMaster’s behavior, according to two people familiar with the call.
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strike A up
意味 [up A](書)A〈会話· 関係〉を開始する
According to the plan, whenever Mr. McMaster returned by himself, the woman would strike up a conversation with him and, over drinks, try to get him to make comments that could be used to either force him to resign or get him fired.
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生なましい作戦w政治の世界ってこういう黒いとこがたまにひかれます。
conveyed
意味 伝えられた
“Somebody who had his calendar conveyed to me that he goes to Tosca all the time,” she said of Mr. McMaster.
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unaware
意味 [be ～]＜…に/…ということに＞ 気づかないで; ＜…を/…ということを＞ 知らないで ＜of/that 節＞
Ms. Price’s former boyfriend was apparently unaware of the target of the operation, or that Mr. McMaster had been forced to step down in March.
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aide
意味 補佐官
She said she recently retired as an aide to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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purge
意味 〈不要な物〉を除去する
She is a member of one group, Groundswell, that pushed to purge the White House and other government agencies of “deep state” enemies of Mr. Trump.
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owe A to B
意味 〈人が〉B〈人〉に A〈ある気持ち〉を抱いている
After The Times published its article about Mr. Prince’s work with Project Veritas, she wrote on Facebook, “We owe a lot to Erik Prince.”
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