Daily Vocabulary(2011/05/20)

11151.tolerant and appreciateive of(～に対して寛容で好意的な）
Speaking two languages has helped me become more tolerant and appreciateive of other cultures.
11152.play devil's advocate(議論を活発にするためにわざと異論を唱える）
Let me play devil's advocate.
11153.big deal(深刻な問題）
Maybe it'S not such a big deal that we Americans are't studying foreign language as much as we used to.
11154.de facto(事実上の）
English has bacome the de facto international language of business and academics.
11155.get by(何とかやっていく、言語・学科などがそこそこできる）
I read the other day that something like a quarter of the world's population can get by in English to a certain extent.
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西国三十三ヶ所　第五番紫雲山葛井寺/大阪府藤井寺市（2010/12/06)

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