Daily Vocabulary(2007/10/02)

4646.be bogged down(滞る）
He has been bogged down at work lately because his assistant quit last week.
4647.bat around(あちこち歩き回る、走り回る、駆けずり回る、～についてあれこれ議論する）
Tom and his friend spent the afternoon batting around the idea.
4648.spick-and-span(とてもきれいな、こざっぱりした、真新しい、新品の、傷のない、非の打ちどころのない）
Thankfully the toilet was spick-and-span.
4649.confirm(確かめる、確認する）
I confirmed that he came to Tokyo on Friday.
4650.gigantic(非常に大きな、巨人のような、巨大な、膨大な）
Nebuta are gigantic lanterns that are designed to look like characters from kabuki dramas, myths and history.
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