laconic
laconic reply簡潔な返答
The doctor was laconic with his patients. : その医者は患者と簡潔に話した［無駄話をしなかった］。
throng
・The crowd thronged the broad thoroughfare of the city. : 群衆は町の大通りに群がった。
・They thronged him to listen to his words. : 彼らは話を聞こうと彼の回りに押し寄せた。
intrepid
intrepid climber 恐れを知らぬ登山家
intrepid explorer 《an 〜》勇敢な探険家
accost
◆挑発的な、または性的な誘いをかけるような態度で接近する場合を指す。
・Police are looking for a flasher who accosted a young girl in a parking lot. : 警察は駐車場で少女に近づいて声をかけた露出狂の男を捜し
ている。
accosted by a beggar asking for money 《be 〜》乞食に金をくれと声をかけられる
reticent
reticent about one's divorce 《be 〜》自分の離婚について語りたがらない
reticent to ask for help 《be 〜》助けを求めることを控える
retain a reticent attitude 寡黙な態度を保つ［取り続ける］
TODAY’S IDIOM
the sword of Damocles-any imminent danger (a king seated one of his subjects
underneath a sword that was hanging by a hair, in order to teach him the dangers a
king faces)
Although the president of the company seemed quite secure, he always complained that
there was a sword of Damocles hanging over his head.
