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和磨さんからの質問です。
わからないのでコピペさせていただきます。

１）P22L5で、be privy toに関して、私の辞書には、人be privy to情報という例文しか出てきません。"information doctors used to be privy to"とすべきではないでしょうか。
2) P22L18で、"People are comfortable talking"のcomfortable と～ingのつながりが良くわかりません。comfortable in talkingのin 省略されたものでしょうか。




■意味を考えてみよう。答えは以下で

conceited
egoistic
overbearing
mind-boggling
impatient




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conceited, うぬぼれた
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Say What You Mean より

If you say that someone is conceited, you are showing your
disapproval of the fact that they are far too proud of their
abilities or achievements.

ex) I thought him conceited and arrogant.
でましたarrogant

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egoistic, 利己的な、うぬぼれた
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Say What You Mean より

Egoistic means the same as egotistic.

Someone who is egotistic or egotistical behaves selfishly
and thinks they are more important than other people.

ex) Susan and Deborah share an intensely selfish, egotistic
streak.

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overbearing, いばりくさる、横柄な
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Say What You Mean より

An overbearing person tries to make other people do what
he or she wants in an unpleasant and forceful way.

ex) My husband can be quite overbearing with our son.

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mind-boggling, 気の遠くなりそうな、度肝を抜くような
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Doctor-Patient Relations (3) より

If you say that something is mind-boggling, you mean that
it is so large, complicated, or extreme that it is very
hard to imagine, [INFORMAL]

ex) The amount of paperwork involved is mind-boggling.

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impatient, 短気な、我慢できない
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Doctor-Patient Relations (1) より

二つの意味がありますね。
(1) 気短かな、せっかちな
(2) しきりに…したがる

If you are impatient, you are annoyed because you have to
wait too long for something.

If you are impatient, you are easily irritated by things.

If you are impatient to do something or impatient for
something to happen, you are eager to do it or for it
to happen and do not want to wait.