wind up a game of golf
[ ゴルフのゲームを終える
wind up
[ 終わらせる、お開きにする
=to bring an activity, meeting etc to an end:
to finish a performance, speech, meeting etc finish/end, wind up ,buring something to an end/ to a close, conclude, round off, finish off/finish up
wrap up this round
[ このラウンドを切り上げる
wrap up
[ 終わりにする、切り上げる
=finish a job, meeting etc: *wind up, wrap upどちらも同じような意味。
daylight savings time will never catch on here in Japan.
[ サマータイムは日本では絶対に定着しないだろう
catch on
[ 定着する、受け入れられる
=to become popular and fashionable:
daylight saving time Actually officially it's daylight saving time. But most people in conversation they put in "s" there, daylight savings time. And in Britain, you call it "summer time".
first off
[ (話)最初に
=before doing anything else
excruciating
[ (肉体的に)非常に痛い、過酷な、尋常でない
#excruciating pain of child birth(英辞郎)
firefly
[ 蛍 (同)lighting bug
end up staying
[ 結局家に帰らない
it's just a matter of getting habituated.
[ 単に慣れの問題である
habituate
[ (人、動物を)慣らす
=to be used to something or gradually become used to it:
there are several well-known benefits of daylight saving time
having longer daylight hours leads to a significant reduction in automobile accidents.
[ 昼間の時間が長くなると自動車事故の大幅な減少につながる
it induces consumers to shop more.
[ 消費者がもっと買物をする呼び水になる
induce
[ ~を促す、(人を)・・・する気にさせる
it facilitates the enjoyment of outdoor sports
. [ 野外スポーツをもっと楽しめるようになる
facilitate
[ 手助けする、促進する、助長する
=to make it easier for a process or activity to happen:
at the very least
[ 最低限でも、控えめに言っても
☆Zero in on the lesson☆
wrap upうまく(成功で)終える
to put something over, on or around something else(LDOCE) cover/cover up, put something over, warp up/wrap coat
brainstorming
=when a group of people meet in order to try to develop ideas and think of ways of solving problems: #a brainstorming session to come up with slogans for new products(LDOCE)
anecdote
[ 逸話、秘話
=a short story based on your personal experience #he book is full of amusing anecdotes about his life in Japan.(LDOCE)
もう終わりにして、一杯飲みに行こう
[ Let's wrap it up now and go get a drink.
☆Vocabulary for the topic☆
legalize
[ 合法化する、法制化する
=to make something legal so that people are allowed to do it
hold a national referendum on
[ ~に関する国民投票を行う
referendum
[ 国民投票、住民投票
=when people vote in order to make a decision about a particular subject, rather than voting for a person
grant the power of veto
[ 拒否権を与える
veto
[ 〔大統領・政府などの〕拒否権(の行使発動)
=if someone in authority vetoes something, they refuse to allow it to happen, especially something that other people or organizations have agreed