off the record
[ 非公式で オフレコで
=an off-the-record remark is unofficial and is not supposed to be made public:
cap
[ 上限 目標
=an upper limit that is put on the amount of money that someone can earn, spend, or borrow:
in all due respect
[ 失礼ながら(否定的)
=with all due respect, due respect, respectfully
we came late to the game
競争に遅れた
tout a double standard
2重基準を押しつける tout
[ 押し売りする しつこく売り込む
=especially British EnglishBBT to try to persuade people to buy goods or services you are offering
per capita
[ 一人に付き
=used to describe the average amount of something in a particular place, calculated according to the number of people who live there
*6月25日26日のHappyPlanet Indexの話で、per capitaが出てきましたね。 南太平洋の小さな島、バヌアツが The happiest nation on earth.であると・・・
meet .... halfway
[ 歩み寄る 妥協する
☆Zero in on the lesson☆
on one's way up
~が発展に向かう
make one's way
進む (さまざまな動詞を使っていろいろな意味を表現) study one's one 学問的に大成する feel one's way 手探りで進む
murky
真っ暗な =dark and difficult to see through: #murky water(LDOCE)
彼は働きながら大学を出ました
He worked his way through university.
☆Vocabulary for the topic☆
deforestation
[ 森林伐採 森林破壊
=the cutting or burning down of all the trees in an area:
imperil
[ 危うくする 危険にさらす
=to put something or someone in danger [= endanger]:
ratify
[ 承認する 批准する
=to make a written agreement official by signing it