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Dec 24, 2007

Daily Wordsを覚えるために、シチュエーションのダイアローグをオーバーラッピングしました。それにしても、スピードが速くてどうしても遅れ気味になってしまいます。

----- Situation A

● on top of the world：有頂天になって
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topに冠詞はつかない

informalでextremely happy

"I'm on top of the world right now," said a gleaming Mona Jarudi, 55. "I've learned how to put all external factors behind me － the disturbing, aggravating factors. I try to filter them out." ～IHT

● without question：文句なく

questionは単数。私はまんまと複数形にしてしまった

a)used to emphasize that what you are saying is true or correct
Marilyn was, without question, a very beautiful woman.

b)if you accept or obey something without question, you do it without expressing any doubt about whether it is correct or necessary
Clara accepted his decision without question.

"People without question get into a rhythm of moviegoing," he said. "They see the trailers, they have a good time, and it snowballs." ～IHT

● stupendous：驚くべき ← Pass単

surprisingly large or impressive [= magnificent]

良いことにも悪いことにも使う

do a stupendous job ものすごい仕事をやってのける

"A world at peace," Perle and Frum magnificently conclude, "will be brought into being by American armed might and defended by American might, too." History rebukes such stupendous pretensions. We have been made rueful. ～IHT

----- Situation B

● hideous：ひどく醜い

extremely unpleasant or ugly

She said she will file a case to nullify "this hideous contract." ～IHT

● on impulse / on an impulse：衝動的に

impulse buying 衝動買い
a man of impulse 衝動的な人

● substantially：かなり

very much or a lot [= considerably]
数量の程度を表わす場合
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increase substantially かなり増える

used to say that in many ways something is true, the same, different etc [= essentially]
「実質的に」という意味や、「本質」について述べる場合にも
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substantially different 本質的に違う

The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday that it had cleared Google's proposed takeover of DoubleClick, the digital marketing company, saying that the deal was "unlikely to substantially lessen competition" in the Internet advertising realm. ～IHT
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数量的な「かなり」

Official inflation is 8,000 percent － the highest in the world － although independent estimates put it substantially higher. ～IHT
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これも数量的な「かなり」

IHT（ヘラトリ）で調べると、2000件近くヒットしました。

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substantial：large in amount or number [= considerable]