おはようございます。KANOです。本日はこちらの記事から。
コロナについて落ち着いて振り返ってみようぜ（陰謀論ではなくてね）という記事が2021後半から増えましたね。日本メディアのそれより冷静に読めていいです。
scamster
意味 詐欺師
The recent death of notorious investment scamster Bernie Madoff should remind Americans that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
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stint
意味 [C][通例単数形で]＜…での/…としての＞ （仕事· 活動などの） 期間, 任期 ＜in, at/as＞
Robin Jones, a regional manager for a major fast food chain in the Upper Midwest, recently told me that April and May of this year have been the tightest labor market he can remember in his 43-year restaurant career, which includes stints in Arkansas, Missouri, Montana, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming.
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restrict
意味 〈人などが〉＜…に＞〈数· 範囲など〉を制限 [限定] する ＜to＞
The labor shortage is hardly restricted to food services.
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relatively
意味 比較的
Inflation is relatively high, but it ain’t that high!
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pathetic
意味 哀れな
But they didn’t want to tell their new boss about their pathetic failure so they charged for the full spring opening service even though they didn’t provide it. Not so smart.
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statistic
意味 統計
Although full official statistics are available only through 2019, it appears that sexual harassment and other types of employment-related complaints have increased of late.
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fall victim to A
意味 (書)A〈人· 物· 行為など〉の犠牲となる
One such company that I personally recently fell victim to is a long distance moving and storage broker based in America.
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scotch
意味 〈うわさ· 計画など〉を打ち消す, つぶす.
Natural immunity and vaccines have scotched Covid, at least in the U.S.
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この用法覚えたい。酔い潰されるイメージでw
overreach
意味 …を伸ばしすぎる
If only Americans would develop immunities against overreaching government!
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