lark hack mope whiz off dicey housebound fit in fall by the wayside walk the talk hubby hold down a job
────────────────────────────── lark, 楽しいこと、愉快（なこと） ────────────────────────────── If you say that doing something is a lark, you mean that it is fun, although perhaps naughty or dangerous.
────────────────────────────── hack, うまくやり抜く、我慢する ────────────────────────────── [OED] [usu. with negative] (hack it) manage, cope [例] lots of people leave because they can't hack it.
────────────────────────────── mope, ふさぎ込む、落ち込む ────────────────────────────── If you mope, you feel miserable and do not feel interested in doing anything. [例] Get on with life and don't sit back and mope.
[OED] [no obj.] feel dejected and apathetic [例] no use moping - things could be worse.
────────────────────────────── whiz off, 飛び去る、急いで行く ────────────────────────────── If something whizzes somewhere, it moves there very fast. [INFORMAL] [例] A car whizzed past.
whizのスペルは北米、whizzというスペルもあり。
────────────────────────────── dicey, 危険な、不確かな ────────────────────────────── Something that is dicey is slightly dangerous or uncertain. [BRIT][INFORMAL] [例] There was a dicey moment as one of our party made a risky climb up the cliff wall.
[OED] unpredictable and potentially dangerous [例] democracy is a dicey business.
───────────────────────────── その他にも、次も押さえておきたい。[誌面の都合上省略] ────────────────────────────── housebound, 家に引きこもった fit in, 慣れる fall by the wayside, 途中で挫折する walk the talk, 言行を一致させる（杉田先生のコメントより） hubby, 夫 hold down a job, （辞めたりせずに）きちんと仕事をする
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Expat Lifestyle (2) 10/4-5, 2006"
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