josh
[ ( 悪意はなく)からかう、冗談を言う
=to talk to someone or laugh at them in a gentle joking way
plummet
[ 急落する、急降下する
=to suddenly and quickly decrease in value or amount [= plunge]
a recent poll
[ 最近の世論調査
poll
=the process of finding out what people think about something by asking many people the same question, or the record of the result [= opinion poll, survey]:
facilities
[ 施設、設備、期間(この意味では通常複数形)
=rooms, equipment, or services that are provided for a particular purpose
faculty
[ 大学の教授陣、教員団
=a department or group of related departments within a university
the kind of courses on offer
[ 開講科目の種類
what was the size of their sample?
[ その調査規模はどれくらいだったか?
prospective students
[ 入学希望者
the upcoming crunch
[ 差し迫る危機的状況
crunch
[ 〔不足することによって発生する〕危機(的状態)
=a difficult situation caused by a lack of something, especially money or time:
☆Zero in on the lesson☆
knock off ~ing knock + off + 目的語 ~をやめる
knock off for today
[ 今日はこのあたりでやめる
knock off by four
4時でやめる
beat the rush-hour traffic
[ 渋滞を避ける
knock off work
[ 仕事を切り上げる
ちょっと中断して昼食にしない?
[ Why don't you knock off for lunch?
☆Vocabulary for the topic☆
come under the close scrutiny of outsiders
[ 外部からの綿密な査察を受ける
that unversity ranks among the top.
[ あの大学はトップの中にランクされている
idle away
[ 時間を無駄に(ブラブラ)と過ごす
=to spend time in a relaxed way, doing nothing: