[M6]Use of English -Multiple-choice-cloze/Word formation

新年なので問題集開きますよ。今日は一粒万倍日らしいですし。

Multiple-choice-close
install oneself be installed oneself at/in
the course of - the course of their lives
[Collins]You can refer to the way that events develop as, for example, the course of history or the course of events

Word formation
一つだけ間違えた。participants 複数形！
単語
intrude > intrusive
overhear overheard

一粒万倍日は初めて聞きましたが。なんか恵方巻きみたいな唐突感。
超最強開運日、何かを始めるにはとてもいい日、ということでしたが。
ぐぐったら悪いことも何倍にもなるとか、一年に何日もあるとか。うざい。
六曜とか今日の運勢みたいのはとにかく目に入れないようにしている。惑わされたくない。
今回のはメルマガで来てしまった。購読停止できないな。こういうの困る。

[M6]Vocabulary

sleep　

we didn't get to sleep till about 3 am

she still doesn't sleep through the night

he wasn't going to lose any sleep over it
[Collins] didn't lose sleep over: you mean that you did not worry about it at all

I'm going to sleep on it tonight
[Collins]you will delay making a decision on it until the following day

I nodded off just before the end of the film


abilities

a natural flair for languages
[Collins] flair for a particular thing, you have a natural ability to do it well.



adjectives in film reviews

unconvincing
[Collins]you find it difficult to believe because it does not seem real

excruciating
[Collins]it is very unpleasant to experience, for example because it is very boring or embarrassing.

選択肢を勘で回答しても意味がない。英語ができるようになることが目的。

[M5]Use of English - Key word transformation

久々に問題集解いたら。みごとに冠詞とか前置詞とか間違う。特にto。動名詞じゃだめなのかな？？

After I emigrated, I took to pains to keep in touch with my old schoolfriends.

When I first met my boss, I took an instant dislike to her.

He has a tendency to get on people's nerves with his constant moaning.

[M5]Use of English - Word formation

答え合わせしてなかった。

綴り間違い
enthusiastically < enthusiastic < enthusiasm

単語
dispel > dispelled

[M5]Use of English - Multiple-choice cloze

argue (B2) これ単語で取り上げてたのに忘れてた。would argue that...とかの言い方もできるんだ

empathise / empathize with < empathy
empahize with someone / empathise with children's anxieties

conflict
there were conflicts within families <u>over matters of discipline
[Collins] conflict is serious disagreement and argument about something important.

contradictionと一瞬迷った。Multiple-choice clozeは紛らわしい選択肢が混ざっているので考えすぎて間違う。
特にうろおぼえの似たような単語が混ざっていると迷う。なのでちゃんと単語を覚えないといけない。
きりがないけど。
得点テクニックを覚えても意味ないんで。自分が役立つと思う単語を選んでしっかり覚えていくというやり方になる。

単語
tender age - at the tender age of seven シチュエーションによって違うけど10代くらいまでですかね
[Collins] If you say that someone does something at a tender age, you mean that they do it when they are still young and have not had much experience.

[M5]Vocabulary

A Adjective and noun collocations

unrequited love
courting couple
rocky relationship
immediate family

B Verbs

fall for
fall out
take after
take - liking / take an instant liking to him / take a great liking to him
turn down
turn to someone - you ask for their help or advice

単語
besotted with
laid-back
blazing row

[M4]Vocabulary B

Tme

be pressed for time

in the time available

meet at a/any specific time

to waste time on small talk

set aside a/some time to do/for sth

take up gardening most of one's free time

イディオムだけではないけど、よく使いそうな表現

[M4]Vocabulary A

Body idioms

to put someone's nose out of joint - it upsets or offends them

get off on the wrong foot - to start a relationship or situation badly

not see eye to eye with - to not agree with someone about something

pick someone's brains

off the top of one's head

find one's feet

have/got a (good) head for something

written all over someone's face

weak at the knees - feeling strange because of strong emotions

単語
contradict

[M3]Use of English

Multiple-choice cloze

単語
landfill
bluntly < blunt
comprise
relic

とにかく常識的な選択をする。もしかしてこういう言い回しをするのかも、みたいなあてずっぽうは禁物。
Garbologyについて学べた。いいテキスト。問題集は内容そのものも勉強になる。しばらくは英語のニュースを読むのもやめよう。

Open cloze

単語
go out of the way / go out of one's way
[Collins]to inconvenience oneself; do something that one would not ordinarily do, or that requires extra or deliberate effort or trouble （米語）
resort to
[Collins]If you resort to a course of action that you do not really approve of, you adopt it because you cannot see any other way of achieving what you want.

単語（９割）以外
Having recently received settlement for a minor road accident, I supposed I was simply somewhere on a list of [..]
Participle clauses 分詞構文
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/c1-grammar/participle-clauses

リンクが貼れない。下線が引けない。。。どういう条件でこうなっちゃうんだろう？？

[M3]Vocabulary

Word formation

number (noun) > numerous (adj)
literate (adj) > literary (adj) < literature (noun)
compare (ver) > comparative (adj)
introduce (ver) > introductory (adj)

verb and noun collocations
challenge - face, present, rise to, take up
problem - come up against, face up to, run into
change - bring about, call for. cope with, resist

phrasal verbを覚えないといけない。ヨーロッパ人が苦手とするのでCambridgeでは多出。

adjective and noun collocations

smell - faint, rancid, damp, musty / odour - acrid, stale <-> aroma
change- welcome, pleasant, refreshing / sweeping, far-reaching, significant
challenge - formidable, major, daunting

耳馴染み・目馴染みのある単語のある問題は正解率が高い気がする。ラジオや音楽の聞き流しは全く役立っていなかったとも言えない。
やっぱり英語は単語が９割。

[M2]Use of English - Key word transformation

would rather　B1レベル。こんなんでよくFCE受かったな。

We wanted to continue
-> We would like to have continued
Collinsではwould like は米語だった
Cambridgeは、Would you like..? I'd like to.とか

I wanted to stay
-> I would sooner have stayed

would sooner do it = would rather do it = would prefer to do it
Cambridgeを見るとwould rather is more commonとあった

Didn't you want me to tell...?
-> Would you rather I hadn't told...?
疑問、否定、過去、「異なる主語」の組み合わせ。無理すぎる。

would ratherの基本。「異なる主語」の場合は動詞が過去形になる。
would rather do
[same subject] I’d rather stay at home tonight.
[different subject] I’d rather you stayed at home tonight.

would rather not do
[same subject]I’d rather not go out tonight.
[different subject]I’d rather you didn’t go out tonight

Would rather, would sooner
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/would-rather-would-sooner
Cambridge dictionaryは文法の説明がわかりやすいかも。

[M2]Use of English - Word formation

Word formationは高得点を狙いたい

satisfaction <-> dissatisfaction 覚えたつもりがまた間違えた
adapt > adaptation / adopt > adoption ちょっと迷った
chance discovery 形容詞のchance

基本単語
avid
acclaimed (adj) < acclaim
shoot to fame / shoot - shot - shot
swear - sworn - sworn
The children are sworn to <u>secrecy, but their conscience threats to get the better of them.
Hadrian's Wall

今回は２箇所迷ったけど、どちらも最初に思いついた方が正解だった。迷うと間違う。

[M2]Use of English - Open cloze

やっぱり問題集。問題集を開いたのは3/15以来なのでほぼ半年ぶり。

The usual complaint when looking back at old predictions about the future is that a lot of the things promised in previous decades are nowhere near coming true.
Phrasal (emphasis) : nowhere near

Jet packs should have been commonly available by now.

[..]who later went on to become a screenwriter[..]
Phrasal Verb: go on to do

単語: uncannily < uncanny

結果は散々。正解率3/8。
ラジオを聞いてもニュース記事を読んでも英語上達に全く役に立っていないことを思い知る。

[M1]Use of English

Part1 Multiple-choice cloze

7 decline to do sth
decline sth, reject sth, deny sth/sb
8 seek attention

単語
scale (verb) scale the highest mountain, scales a wall
extravagant
renounce
feat

[M2]Vocabulary

Changes

Synonyms
adapt, adjust, alter, modify, shift, transfer, transform, vary

Phrase
a change of scene/scenery
have a change of heat

表現
mark a change in [the fortune,,]
call for a change in [law, policy,,]
a change in [attitude] towards
a change of pace

単語 - なんども出てきてなんども忘れてる
revolting = disgusting, nauseate