(会員）March 12, 2014 English Lesson 生放送 MIXED LEVELS Vocabulary
1. to present = formal word for "give"
XX She presented me chocolates.
X She presented me with chocolates.
O She presented him with an Oscar.
2. to give = the most common word for あげる
O She gave me chocolates.
O The movie gave me a good idea.
3 to reciprocate = 報いる、等価のものを返す
Allow me to reciprocate.
4. a present = 名詞 noun
She gave me a present.
5. to plagiarize = 盗用［盗作］する
Haruko Obokata was accused of ~.
Haruko Obokata was accused of plagiarizing her thesis.
6. plagiarism = 盗作、盗用
Haruko Obokata was accused of plagiarism.
7. to crucify sb: to treat sb unfairly and harshly
The media is crucifying her.
8. to expose sb
～をさらす, 露出する、見せる
They exposed her as a fraud.
The sentences that she allegedly copy and pasted are nothing special.
9. to retract = to take st back
10. to weigh st = to consider = to think about one's decision
I am weighing my options.
11. to vandalize = ～を破壊する、 ～を壊す
12. vandalism = 破壊
Man charged in Anne Frank diary vandalism case
to do time = to go to jail
to do hard time = to go to a really tough jail for a long time
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