in toto
[ 全体として、全部で(ラテン語)<類語>in all / in the whole
=as a whole [= totally]
exorbitant
[ とんでもない、法外な
=an exorbitant price, amount of money etc is much higher than it should be [= astronomical]
*軌道(orbit)を外れる?から来ているでしょうが、これまた金額などに使う言葉なんですね。
contiribute to a social problem
[ 社会問題の一因になる
threathen to cripple Japan's future
[ 日本の未来を損ねかける
cripple
[ 無能にする、損ねる
=to damage something badly so that it no longer works or is no longer effective
the current fertility rate of Japan
[ 日本の現在の出生率
fertility
[ 繁殖能力、受胎能力
=the ability of a person, animal, or plant to produce babies, young animals, or seeds (反) infertility]
*fertility は「肥沃」という意味しか知りませんでした。出生率と言えばbirth rate/birth ratio/rate of birth があります。 他にもあるかなと?調べてみるとfertility rate の他にnatalityという単語もありました。
per woman of child-bearing age
[ 出産可能な年齢の女性ひとりあたり
career-oriented
[ キャリア志向の
find one's career rewarding
[ 自分の仕事にやりがいがある
raise a large family
[ 多くの子どもを育てる
inconceivable
[ 信じられない、想像もできない
=too strange or unusual to be thought real or possible
*conceiveに「身ごもる」という意味がある 1.to imagine a particular situation or to think about something in a particular way 2.to think of a new idea, plan etc and develop it in your mind 3.to become pregnant
放送でも One is to think or imagine or to come up with some idea. And the other is completely unrelated. It means to bear a child. と紹介されてました。
when something seems very unlikely to be true unbelievable,unlikely,improbable, implausible,incredible, inconceivable,unconvincing,far-fetched,preposterous, lame(LDOCE)
☆Zero in on the lesson☆
prettyかなり、相当 <口語的、否定文では用いない、強勢はおかない> pretty much, pretty well
groggy
[ 足元がふらつく =weak and unable to move well or think clearly because you are ill or very tired
いい勘だね。かなり近いよ。
[ Nice guess! You're pretty close.
彼のスピーチはかなりうまく構成されていた。
[ His sppech was pretty well organaized.
*私の作文 His speech was pretty well constructed.constructの定義は以下のようなので大丈夫そうです。 construct=to form something such as a sentence, argument, or system by joining words, ideas etc together:
☆Vocabulary for the topic☆
subject... to~
[ ...を~にさらす、受けさせる
=to force someone or something to experience something very unpleasant, especially over a long time:
no husband is completely without flaw
[ 全く欠点のない夫はいない
↑そりゃ、そうでしょう。。。
あちこちの家庭でこんな会話??? I never thought you were like this when I married you. Well, ditto for me!
flaw
[ 欠点、弱点
=a mistake, mark, or weakness that makes something imperfect [= defect]
turn into
[ (性質・外観などの点で)変わる
domestic wizard
[ 家事の名人
☆Communication Keys☆
To begin(start) with In the first place [ そもそも First of all First and foremost 公式 For starters カジュアル Firstly 硬い First off 何よりも先ず第一に