get over be baffled chomp wee hours consign nerve-wracking station pet peeve wake someone out of a sound sleep set someone straight
────────────────────────────── get over, …を克服する、…から立ち直る ────────────────────────────── If you get over a problem or difficulty, you overcome it.
ex) How would they get over that problem, he wondered?
────────────────────────────── be baffled, 戸惑う、困惑する ────────────────────────────── = puzzle If something baffles you, you cannot understand it or explain it.
ex) Police are baffled by the murder.
────────────────────────────── chomp, もぐもぐ[むしゃむしゃ]食べる ────────────────────────────── =munch If a person or animal chomps their way through food or chomps on food, they chew it noisily. [INFORMAL]
ex) I chomped hungrily through the large steak.
────────────────────────────── wee hours, 真夜中、未明 ────────────────────────────── Wee means small in size or extent. [SCOTTISH][INFORMAL]
ex) I've got a wee kitten in the flat.
in the wee hours of the morning 午前のごく早い時間に。真夜中に （午前1時ごろから3時ごろまで） →数字が小さいことより
────────────────────────────── consign, ゆだねる、託す、任せる ────────────────────────────── To consign something or someone to a place where they will be forgotten about, or to an unpleasant situation or place, means to put them there. [FORMAL]
ex) For decades, many of Malevich's works were consigned to the basement of Soviet museums.
───────────────────────────── その他にも、次も押さえておきたい。[誌面の都合上省略] ★は重要表現 ────────────────────────────── nerve-wracking, 神経をいらいらさせる ★station, 駐在させる、配属する pet peeve, いちばん嫌なこと、不満の種 wake someone out of a sound sleep, 熟睡中の（人）を起こす set someone straight, （人）を正す[納得させる]
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Time-Zone Warriors (2) 7/18-19 2007"
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