sideburns dignified suit oneself pluck gracefully cultural cult social stigma crease relish protege
────────────────────────────── sideburns, もみあげ ────────────────────────────── If a man has sideburns, he has a strip of hair growing down the side of each cheek.
ex) a young man with long sideburns
杉田先生の解説より。
silver fox 白髪の男性 golden years 退職後の日々
────────────────────────────── dignified, 威厳（貫禄）のある ────────────────────────────── If you say that someone or something is dignified, you mean they are calm, impressive and deserve respect.
ex) Mr. Smith is maintaining a dignified silence.
────────────────────────────── suit oneself, 勝手にしろ（通例命令形で使う）、自分の好きなよ うにせよ ────────────────────────────── =please If you suit yourself, you do something just because you want to do it, without bothering to consider other people.
ex) The British have tended to suit themselves, not paying much heed to the reformers. heed 注意を払う reformer 改革支持者
────────────────────────────── pluck, 引き抜く ────────────────────────────── If you pluck, a fruit, flower, or leaf, you take it between your fingers and pull it in order to remove it from its stalk where it is growing. [WRITTEN]
ex) I plucked a lemon from the tree.
────────────────────────────── gracefully, 潔く、優雅に ────────────────────────────── If a person's behavior is graceful, it is polite, kind, and pleasant, especially in a difficult situation.
ex) We managed to decline gracefully.
lose gracefully （勝負などで）潔く負ける
───────────────────────────── その他にも、次も押さえておきたい。[誌面の都合上省略] ────────────────────────────── cultural cult, 文化的崇拝の対象 social stigma, 社会的不名誉（汚名） crease, しわ relish, 楽しむ、味わう protege, 弟子、子分
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 To Dye or Not to Dye (1) 3/19-20 2007"
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