condemn
If you condemn something, you say that it is bad and unacceptable.
tenure
Tenure is the legal right to live in a place or to use land or buildings for a period of time
plaque
A plaque is a flat piece of metal or wood, which is fixed to a wall or monument in memory of person or event.
Park won the right to install a plaque memorializing “comfort women,” many of them Korean, who were forced to work in Japanese military brothels during World War 2.
volley
A volley of gunfire is a lot of bullets that are fired at the same time.
concession
If you make a concession to someone, you agree to let them do or have something, especially in order to end an argument or conflict.
rattle
When something rattles, or when you rattle it, it makes short sharp knocking sounds because it is being shaken or it keeps hitting against something hard.
adept
Someone who is adept at something does it skillfully.
Heroines for young girls are rapidly changing, and the toy industry – long adept at capitalizing on gender stereotypes – is scrambling to catch up.
twirl
If you twirl something, or if it twirls, it turns round and round with a smooth fairly fast movement.
Once upon a time, Grace Maher twirled around the house in Disney princess costumes, a vision of Sequins, tiaras and pink.
contradict
If you contradict someone, you say or suggest that what they have just said is wrong.
laconic
If you describe someone as laconic, you mean that they use very few words to say something, so that they seem casual or unfriendly.
clerical
Clerical jobs, skills, and workers are concerned with work that is done in an office.
coolant
Coolant is a liquid used to keep a machine or engine cool while it is operating.
irrigation
灌漑
from cooling coal-fired power plants to irrigation for crops grown to produce biofuels.
Rising demand for …
…に対する需要の増加
Rising demand for energy, from biofuels to shale gas is threat to fresh water supplies.
right to veto
If someone in authority vetoes something, or if they put a veto on it, they forbid it, or stop it being put into action.
The proposed bill had initially given a wife the right to veto the husband’s choice.
amend
If you amend something that has been written or said, you change it.
The bill, which amended existing marriage legislation.
storm out
If you storm into or out of a place, you enter or leave it quickly and noisily, because you are angry.
polygamy
Polygamy is the custom in some societies in which someone can be legally married to more than one person at the same time.
Kenya eases polygamy laws for men
get hitched
結婚する
Same-sex couples rushed to Michigan county clerk’s offices Saturday to get hitched a day after a judge overturned the state’s constitutional ban on gay marriage.
… oriented themselves toward the place
…の方向へ向かう
All the snakes immediately oriented themselves toward the place where they were captured.
… among the world’s largest …
世界で最も大きい…
pythons are among the world’s largest snakes.
slither
If an animal such as a snake slithers, it moves along in a curving way.
encircle
To encircle something or someone means to surround them completely
crawl
When you crawl, you move forward on your hands and knees.
Justin Casquejo, 16, of Weehawken, New Jersey, was carrying his camera when he crawled through a small hole in the construction fence encircling the world Trade Center site in lower Manhattan to enter the building.
hygiene
Hygiene is the practice of keeping yourself and your surroundings clean, especially in order to prevent the spread of disease.
feces
faces
fall sick
病気になる
a highly contagious epidemic
伝染性の高い病気
As the death toll rose to 59, Guinea identified the Ebola virus Saturday as the source of a highly contagious epidemic ranging through its southern forest.
contagious
A contagious disease can be caught by touching people or things that are infected with it.
nabbed
If people in authority such as the police nab someone who they think has done something wrong, they catch them or arrest them.