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English Lesson 264 (murmur, even if, conserve, sufficient, sustain)

Deep in thought, the captain murmured, "Even if we conserve our food, it will only be sufficient to sustain us for two weeks at most." deep in thought 考え、思考 murmur(v.i) ブツブツつぶやく(陰でつぶやく, 不平, 不満) http://ja.forvo.com/wo…

English lesson 262 (efficiency, favorable)

Capitalism, as opposed to socialism or communism, is believed to have favorable effect on the economy in that in promotes efficiency through competition. favorable(adj) 意見などが好意的な favorable opinion of〜 as opposed to 〜とは対照的に…

English Lesson 263 (oblige, persist, reiterated)

Colonel Sanders looked me in the eye and said, "If you presist in ignoring my commands, I'll be ogliged to transfer you somewhere else." persist(v.i) し続けるto persist in sayingyou persist in ignoring my commands persist in doing〜 oblige…