lo and behold at long last endemic multiply thrive on
────────────────────────────── lo and behold, おお、やあ(会話で相手の注意を喚起するために 使われる言葉) ────────────────────────────── Lo and behold or lo is used to emphasize a surprising event that is about to be mentioned, or to emphasize in a humorous way that something is not surprising at all. [HUMOROUS or LITERARY]
ex) He called the minister of the interior and, lo and behold, within about an hour, the prisoners were released.
────────────────────────────── at long last, ようやく、とうとう ────────────────────────────── = finally
If you say that something has happened at last or at long last you mean it has happened after you have been hoping for it for a long time.
ex) I'm so glad that we're found you at last!
────────────────────────────── endemic, 一地方特有の、固有の ────────────────────────────── If a disease or illness is endemic in a place, it is frequently found among the people who live there. [TECHNICAL]
epidemicの反対語でしょう。
a problem endemic to Communist bloc countries 共産圏諸国特有の問題
────────────────────────────── multiply, 増加する ────────────────────────────── When something multiplies or when you multiply it, it increases greatly in number or amount.
ex) Such disputes multiplied in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries,
multiplyは「掛け算する」という意味しか知りませんでした。 盲点です。
────────────────────────────── thrive on, うまくやる、生きがいにする ────────────────────────────── If you say that someone thrives on a particular situation, you mean that they enjoy it or that they can deal with it very well, especially when other people find it unpleasant or difficult.
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Time-Zone Warriors (1) 7/16-17 2007"
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