fidget take chances dangle jab or jostle lower muscle flexing all the same
────────────────────────────── fidget, 落ち着かないでいる、そわそわする ────────────────────────────── If you fidget, you keep moving your hands or feet slightly or changing your position slightly, for example because you are nervous, bored, or excited.
ex) Brenda fidgeted in her seat.
────────────────────────────── take chances, あえて危険を冒す、冒険してみる ────────────────────────────── When you take a chance, you try to do something although there is a large risk of danger or failure.
ex) Dennis was not a man to take chances.
────────────────────────────── dangle, ぶら下がる、ぶらりと垂れる ────────────────────────────── If something dangles from somewhere or if you dangle it somewhere, it hangs or swings loosely.
ex) A gold bracelet dangled from his left wrist...
────────────────────────────── jab or jostle, 突いたり押しのけたりする ────────────────────────────── If you jab one thing into another, you push it there with a quick, sudden movement and with a lot of force.
ex) Nick jabbed his finger at the clothes on the bed.
If people jostle you, they bump against you or push you in a way that annoys you, usually because you are in a crowd and they are trying to get past you.
ex) We spent an hour jostling with the crowds as we did our shopping...
────────────────────────────── lower, おろす、下げる ────────────────────────────── If you lower something, you move it slowly downwards.
ex) Two reporters had to help lower the coffin into the grave...
───────────────────────────── その他にも、次も押さえておきたい。[誌面の都合上省略] ────────────────────────────── muscle flexing, 筋肉の収縮運動; flexは「筋肉を収縮させる」 all the same, どちらにしても、それでもやはり; (nevertheless)
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 New Traffic System (4) 11/20-21 2006"
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