stroll batter mutter about report for work make rounds varsity capri pants moldy shoeshine tete-a-tete in a huff old fogy high-end visitor
────────────────────────────── stroll, ぶらつく ────────────────────────────── If you stroll somewhere, you walk there in a slow, relaxed way.
ex) He collected some orange juice from the refrigerator and, glass in hand, strolled to the kitchen window.
────────────────────────────── batter, 使いつぶす、型を崩す ────────────────────────────── Something that is battered is old and in poor condition because it has been used a lot.
ex) He drove up in a battered old car.
────────────────────────────── mutter about, …についてぶつぶつ文句を言う ────────────────────────────── = mumble If you mutter, you speak very quietly so that you cannot easily be heard, often because you are complaining about something.
ex) He sat there shaking his head, muttering to himself.
────────────────────────────── make rounds, 巡回する ────────────────────────────── If you make the rounds or do the rounds, you visit a serious of different places.
ex) After school, I had picked up Nick and Ted and made the rounds of the dry cleaner and the grocery store.
───────────────────────────── その他にも、次も押さえておきたい。[誌面の都合上省略] ────────────────────────────── varsity, 大学の（特にスポーツがらみ） capri pants, カプリパンツ（くるぶし丈で細身の女性用ズボン） moldy, かびた shoeshine, 靴を磨くこと tete-a-tete, 差し向かいで、二人だけで in a huff, むっとして、怒って old fogy, 頭の古い人、時代遅れの人 → 2006年3月号 Office Etiquette(1)にも出てます high-end visitor, 大事な顧客 → high-end：高級なですが、こんな用法があるのですね。
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Gen Y at Work (1) 1/8-9 2007"
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