1) subscribe to (新聞や雑誌などを)購読する、同調する、賛成する "Subscribe" is often used to talk about the way you get newspapers or magazines regularly. You pay by the month or by the year, and then each issue is delivered to your house at the correct time. But "subscribe" in English can also be used to talk about what you believe in or something that you approve of. It's also possible to use
policy statement or something like that.
2) front In weather forecasting "front" is the word you use for new air mass that's coming through, the front edge of it, that's changing the weather.
3) so-called Reid uses the phrase "so-called." This is often used in English to say "That's what it's called," but that's not really what it is. Another way you could do this, which actually works better in print is to cut "so-called" and put "quotes" around "news." That means again, you're using the word "news" but it's not really what most people think of is news. In that case, those kinds of quotation marks are called
4) bad news draws more flies bad news sells ともいう。悪いニュースを掲載したほうが新聞や雑誌が売れ る
draws more flies というフレーズから有名なことわざを思い出す ⇒ Honey draws more flies than vinegar. = 厳しい言葉を使うよりも優しい言葉を
5) household name おなじみの名前 "To become a household name" is to become very very famous or very very familiar to everybody, a kind of part of everyday life, even at home.
Vocabulary Building 6) spell doom 死、破滅を意味する "Spell" is used, of course, to tell what the letters are in a word, but it has a broader meaning as well. You can use spell to mean indicate, signify or even express. The phrase "spell it out" means express it very clearly.
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