off the record
=an off-the-record remark is unofficial and is not supposed to be made public: #The Prime Minister's remarks were strictly off the record.(LDOCE)
get to the bottom of something
[ (事件などの)真相を探る
=to find out the cause of a problem or situation
classroom disruption=classroom chaos
disruption [ 分裂、崩壊
=a situation in which something is prevented from continuing in its usual way:
blow one's stack
[ カンカンになる、激怒する
blow your top/stack/cool, blow a fuse/gasket =to become extremely angry quickly or suddenly:
rascal
[ わんぱく小僧
=a child who behaves badly but whom you still like
fine and dandy
[ すごくいいよ
dandy =very good - often used in a slightly humorous way #We're at our hotel, and everything is fine and dandy.(LDOCE) *And it's only recently that it's come to be used sarcastically.
in an attitude of submission
[ いいなりの態度
all the more license to act up
[ ますます騒ぐようになる
act up
[ (子供が)行儀よくしない、暴れる
The rest is history
[ その後の事は周知のとおりー相手が話の続きを知っている場合、もしくは一般常識が続く
=used to say that everyone knows the rest of a story you have been telling
it ain't = it isn't
pretty darn shortsighted
[ 全く近視眼的である
darn =used to emphasize how bad, stupid, unfair etc someone or something is [= damn]:
prostrate oneself
[ 屈服する
=to lie on your front with your face towards the ground, especially as an act of religious worship or as a sign of your willingness to obey someone
unruly
[ 手に負えない
=violent or difficult to control [= wild]
varmint
[ 害をもたらす生物、害虫
*LDOCEにエントリーなし、英辞郎でも「問題児、わんぱく者」というエントリーはありませんでした。
*I'd say they planted their crop before they built their fence! 「柵を作る前に作物を植え付ける」で「本末転倒」になるというのがよくわかりません。。。 と、いろいろ調べていたらこんなサイトを見つけました。
もしテリーから連絡が来るような事があれば、すぐに私に知らせてください
[ If you happen to hear from Telly, please let me know right away.
☆Vocabulary for the topic☆
The law was revised against the backdrop of
[ ~を背景に法律が改正された
backdorp
[ 背景
=behind something that you are looking at #a love story set against a backdrop of war and despair(LDOCE)
conformity
[ 順応(性)
=behaviour that obeys the accepted rules of society or a group, and is the same as that of most other people 【類】orthodoxy(〔正統派的〕慣行)、conventionality(因習、慣行)
cultivation of individuality
[ 個性を伸ばすこと
prank
[ いたずら、悪ふざけ
=a trick, especially one which is played on someone to make them look silly: