[U8] Use of English1

問題に慣れてきたので勘が働くようになり若干得点率が上がってきた。本質的な英語力向上ではないのですが。いかなる手段でも単語が覚えられればよい。

Planning a holiday used to be rather daunting as prospective travellers had to visit travel agents, pore over brochures or plough through guidebooks.

resist > irresistible

Clearly, blogs are intensely personal and bloggers may also have an axe to grind.

intense intensely intensity
intensiveは別系統

authentic authenticity authentically