Daily Vocabulary(2013/06/14)

14911.earthshattering(世界を揺るがすような、極めて重大な）
Did I miss anything earthshattering?
14912.figure out(～を理解する）
He finally managed to figure out what the pilot was trying to say.
14913.be fraught with danger(危険をはらんでいる、非常に危険である）
That kind of miscommunication is fraught with danger.
14914.aviation catastrophe(航空機の大事故）
There are plenty of exsamples of linguistic misunderstandings causing aviation catastrophes.
14915.collision(衝突）
The ground and the tow planes resulted in a collision between the aircraft.
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