(会員）2015年11月24日（火曜日）英会話ライブレッスン
1. Putin calls plane's downing by Turkey 'stab in the back'
He stabbed in the back. = He betrayed me.
He is a back-stabber.
He is a double-crosser.
He double-crossed me.
Turkey shot down a Russian warplane.
2. Abe wants to keep revenue loss from tax reduction to less than ¥400 billion
revenue = profit
tax reduction = 減税、税金の引き下げ
3. Man with bag, pack seen on security camera near Yasukuni restroom blast site
Someone set off a bomb in a Yasukuni bathroom.
Someone detonated a bomb in a Yasukuni bathroom.
blast = explosion
I had a blast (=great time)
4. Hyogo assembly member who suffered news conference breakdown doesn’t show up for fraud trialinfamous = notorious
an assemblyman = local assemblyman 地方議会議員 town assemblyman 町会議員
fraud = 詐欺
a trial = 裁判
He had a breakdown.
He gained Internet notoriety.
He is mentally unstable.
He swindled the government.
5. Japanese woman feared murdered, buried in Bangladesh
Example: He has been missing for a year and is feared dead.
I am scared of sharks. = I am afraid of sharks. = I fear sharks. (more formal)
Different feeling/use: Someone is feared dead.
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