Daily Vocabulary(2020/09/22）

25986.significant other(彼氏・彼女・夫・妻・恋人・配偶者）your husband, wife, girlfriend, or boyfriend /If you refer to your significant other, you are referring to your wife, husband, or the person you are having a relationship with. 

I don't know whether I can make the party tonight. Let me talk it over with my significant other. 

25987.better half(妻・嫁・奥様・（彼氏・夫・恋人・配偶者）old-fashioned used humorously to mean your husband, wife, or partner /one's spouse 

I'd like you to meet my better half, Jackie.

25988.honk(警笛）a loud noise made by a car horn 

I’ll honk the horn when we get to your house. 

25989.curse(のろう、ののしる、悪態をつく、苦しめる、悩ます、破門する）to say or think bad things about someone or something because they have made you angry   

 When he drinks, he curses a lot.experience physical or mental pain 

25990.harsh(厳しい） harsh conditions are difficult to live in and very uncomfortable SYN severe 

He's getting suspended from school for dying his hair? Isn’t that kind of harsh? 

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