Daily Vocabulary(2008/11/26)

6676.whopping(とてつもなく大きい、途方もない）
He made a whopping profit on Christmas business.
6677.overall(上下一体の仕事着、野良着、全部の、全体の、全体に、全長で）
The worker's overall rating for his job performance was average.
6678.come as no surprise (何の驚きにも当たらない)
The layoff came as no surprise as rumors have been rampant.
6679.rampant(まん延した、広がった）
Inflation, which once became rampant, was checked by a series of fiscal measures centered on a remodeling of the tax laws.
6680.adjacent(近くの、直前の、隣接した）
Complete streets have increased adjacent nearby land values by as much as one -third.
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