common sense:常識
knock something over:当たってひっくり返す
hurt:けがをさせる
origin:起源
This book examines the origin of the suffragist movement in the U.K.
mysterious:不可解な、謎に包まれた、不思議な
palm:手のひら
itchy:かゆい
foretell:予言する
Climate scientists have foretold of disaster for many years now.
bless someone:のために神の加護を祈る
sneeze:くしゃみをする
medieval Europe:中世ヨーロッパ
expel:吐き出す、排出する、追放する
Several diplomats were expelled from the country for alleged espionage.
evil spirit:悪霊
soul:魂
the plague:ペスト、黒死病
escape:逃げる
protect someone from:をするのを妨げる
yawn:欠伸をする
good manners:いい行儀作法
ears are burning:耳がほてっている
knock on wood:気をたたく、うまくいきますように、いつまでも運が続きますように
Hopefully we’ll have good weather for the company picnic, knock on wood.
reflexively:反射的に
Tony doesn’t think about Matt’s proposals. He just reflexively approves them.
optimistically:楽観的に
imaginary:想像上の
kind of:ちょっと、少し
weird:奇妙な
You boys and girls will see more in the next fifty years than Methuselah saw in his whole lifetime.
