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────────────────────────────── be strained, ひっ迫している、酷使されている ────────────────────────────── To strain something means to make it do more than it is able to do.
ex) Resources will be further strained by new demands for housing.
────────────────────────────── stack up against, …に太刀打ちできる、対抗できる ────────────────────────────── If you ask how one person or thing stacks up against other people or things, you are asking how they compare with the others. [INFORMAL]
ex) The British will be out to see how they stack up to the competition.
────────────────────────────── matter-of-factly, 事もなげに、当然のことのように、冷静に ────────────────────────────── If you describe a person as matter-of-fact, you mean that they show no emotions such as enthusiasm, anger, or surprise, especially in a situation where you would expect them to be emotional.
ex) 'She thinks you're a spy,' Scott said matter-of-factly.
────────────────────────────── empathy, 感情移入 ────────────────────────────── Empathy is the ability to share another person's feelings and emotions as if they were your own.
ex) Having begun my life in a children's home I have great empathy with the little ones.
────────────────────────────── the top of the heap, 頂上 ────────────────────────────── Someone who is at the bottom of the heap is low down in society or in an organization. Someone who is at the top of the heap is high up in society or in an organization. The expressions the bottom of the pile and the top of the pile mean the same.
ex) At the bottom of the heap live at least 1 million people-the rural poor.
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