クルキだべ！さんの おぼえた日記 - 2013年5月25日(土)

☆　複数形　・・・・　What's the prulal noun?

　　　　　　goose →　? , 　person　→　?

These nouns have no singular versions:

　　trousers,　clothes,　goods,　thanks,　congratulations,　earnings

Normally there are no plurals of these nouns:

　　debris[dəbríː], athletics,　mathematics,　physics,　news,　politics,　economics

Other nouns with irregular plural

　　mouse → mice,　　goose → geese,　　person → people
　　tooth → teeth,　　thesis[θíːsis] （論文） → theses[θíːsiz]
　　genesis [dʒénəsis] （起こり、起源、創始）　→　geneses [dʒénəsiːz]


・・・　BBC　Learning　English　News　・・・

不幸は続けて起こらない。　Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

というよりも　　

二度あることは三度ある　　It never rains but it pours.　Never twice without three times.

　　　　　　　
Second jewel theft at Cannes

Lightning never strikes twice, they say. But apparently jewel thieves do, especially, it seems, at famous French film festivals.

Thieves outwitted 80 bodyguards, local police and hotel security to make off with the $2.5m necklace, owned by the Swiss jewellery company De Grisogono. The lavish piece had been displayed in a fashion parade at a glamorous party attended by film stars and celebrities at an exclusive hotel in Cap d'Antibes.

At the end of the evening a check was made of the jewellery and the necklace had disappeared. French police are investigating whether the jewellery was stolen, lost or misplaced. Last week thieves ripped a safe out of a hotel wall in Cannes, stealing 1.5m dollars' worth of jewellery owned by the Swiss company Chopard.

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Lightning never strikes twice in the same place. ;　(idiom) it is unlikely that the same bad thing will happen twice in the same place or to the same person.

☆outwit ; gain advantage over someone by using a clever or dishonest trick

☆make off with ; steal

※lavish ; expensive, impressive and in large quantity

　glamorous; attractive in an exciting way

　exclusive ; limited to only one person or group

　misplace ; put in the wrong place and lost

　safe ; a strong, heavy box with a lock used for storing valuable things