────────────────────────────── ●hoax 「でっちあげ、いかさま」 ────────────────────────────── A hoax is a trick in which someone tells people a lie, for example that there is a bomb somewhere when there is not, or that a picture is genuine when it is not.
────────────────────────────── ●squarely 「まともに、堂々と」 ────────────────────────────── Squarely means directly or in the middle, rather than indirectly or at an angle.
────────────────────────────── ●crook 「詐欺師、ペテン師」 ────────────────────────────── A crook is a dishonest person or a criminal.
────────────────────────────── ●horrendous 「法外な、ものすごい」 ────────────────────────────── Something that is horrendous is very unpleasant or shocking. 恐ろしい
Some people use horrendous to describe something that is so big or great that they find it extremely unpleasant. ものすごい
────────────────────────────── ●contrive 「考案する、設計する」 ────────────────────────────── If you contrive an event or situation, you succeed in making it happen, often by tricking someone. もくろむ、策する
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Meeting Planning (1) 4/3-4, 2006"
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