おはようございます。KANOです。今回はこちらの記事から。
redemption
意味 (かたく) 救済, 解放, 救い; [宗] （キリストによる） 罪のあがない, 救済.
His story was one of group therapy and redemption.
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inheritance
意味 [C][通例単数形で]遺産, 相続財産; [U]相続 (すること); 相続権
I would have forgiven him if he hadn’t tried to steal my dead mother’s inheritance from me.
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“But you don’t need the money like I do,” the sad man who was my biological father said, breathing these words through the car window as it rolled up. His last words to me, it turned out.
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ああ胸糞だなぁ…。この「my biological father」って言い方いいな、覚えておこう。私も親に愛がない人間なので。
from scratch
意味 何もないところから, 最初から, ゼロから
I have learned to make tiramisu from scratch.
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impeccable
意味 〈行為· センスなどが〉欠点のない, 非の打ちどころのない
My spice collection is in impeccable order. My living room is a disaster zone.
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stretch
意味 [～＋[副]]〈土地などが〉広がる, 〈道路· 列などが〉伸びる (away, out) (extend) （[副]は to, into など方向· 場所の表現）
Every Tuesday, a line of people stretches around the block.
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