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do a slow burn

Verb

idiomatic

(idiomatic) To experience a gradually increasing feeling of anger or frustration; to slowly burn.

Japanese Meaning

怒りや苛立ちが徐々に高まる / 文字通りにゆっくり燃える

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼の提案が三度無視されたとき、彼は口論を始める代わりにじわじわと怒りを募らせることにした。

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does a slow burn

（ present singular third-person ）

doing a slow burn

（ participle present ）

did a slow burn

（ past ）

done a slow burn

（ participle past ）

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A♯s

Noun

form-of plural

plural of A♯

Japanese Meaning

"A♯s"は「A♯」の複数形を示す表記です。

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During rehearsal, the pianist corrected several misplaced A♯s in the score.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

リハーサル中、ピアニストは楽譜にあるいくつかの間違ったAシャープの音を訂正した。

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have a word in someone's ear

Verb

To speak to someone in private.

Japanese Meaning

誰かに内密に、個人的に話すこと。相手に直接、控えめに（プライベートな会話をすること）。

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Before the announcement, I need to have a word in someone's ear about our strategy.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

発表の前に、私たちの戦略について誰かと内密に話す必要があります。

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has a word in someone's ear

（ present singular third-person ）

having a word in someone's ear

（ participle present ）

had a word in someone's ear

（ participle past ）

had a word in someone's ear

（ past ）

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play someone like a fiddle

Verb

idiomatic

(idiomatic) To play (manipulate) (a person) skillfully.

Japanese Meaning

（熟練して）人を巧みに操る / （意図的に）人を操作する / 策を弄し、相手を自在に操る

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は交渉の間に相手を巧みに手玉に取り、本心を明かさずにすべての譲歩を勝ち取った。

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plays someone like a fiddle

（ present singular third-person ）

playing someone like a fiddle

（ participle present ）

played someone like a fiddle

（ participle past ）

played someone like a fiddle

（ past ）

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piffy on a rock bun

Noun

Britain idiomatic slang uncountable

(slang, Britain, idiomatic) A person ignored or sidelined from an activity

Japanese Meaning

活動から除外され、無視される人物 / 集団やイベントにおいて周縁に置かれた人

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When everyone started planning the reunion, Sam became a piffy on a rock bun and wasn't invited to anything.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

同窓会の計画をみんなが立て始めたとき、サムは仲間外れにされて何にも誘われませんでした。

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a man is known by the company he keeps

Proverb

People are similar in character to their friends.

Japanese Meaning

その人は、友人や仲間によってその性格や本質がよく現れる / 付き合う人々が、その人の性格や評判を映し出す

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After the scandal, townspeople nodded sadly and muttered that a man is known by the company he keeps.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

人は付き合う相手によってその人柄がわかる。

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sac-a-lait

Noun

Louisiana dialectal

(Louisiana dialect) A white crappie (Pomoxis annularis).

Japanese Meaning

白いクラピー（Pomoxis annularisにあたる魚）

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On the bayou, we caught a big sac-a-lait that fed my family for dinner.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

バイユーで、家族の夕食になった大きな白いクラッピーを釣りました。

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sac-a-lait

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make a virtue of necessity

Verb

idiomatic

(idiomatic) To make the best of a difficult situation; to recast or portray an action or situation in which one has no alternatives as an action or situation which was deliberately chosen on its merits.

Japanese Meaning

不得已な状況を、あたかも自ら選んだかのように受け入れ、その中で最善を尽くす行動。 / 困難な状況や選択肢が限られた場合に、逆にその状況の良い面を引き出して活かす態度。

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

納入業者が出荷を遅らせたとき、私たちは困難な状況をうまく利用して余った素材を新製品ラインに転用しなければなりませんでした。

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makes a virtue of necessity

（ present singular third-person ）

making a virtue of necessity

（ participle present ）

made a virtue of necessity

（ participle past ）

made a virtue of necessity

（ past ）

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take down a peg

Verb

alt-of alternative idiomatic

(idiomatic) Alternative form of take down a notch

Japanese Meaning

過剰な自信や鼻高々な態度を改めさせる（謙虚にさせる） / 調子に乗りすぎた人を地に足をつけさせる / 自尊心や威厳を落とさせる

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She meant to take down a peg or two from his swollen pride with her blunt comment.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は率直な一言で、彼の膨れ上がった自尊心を少しだけへし折るつもりだった。

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takes down a peg

（ present singular third-person ）

taking down a peg

（ participle present ）

took down a peg

（ past ）

taken down a peg

（ participle past ）

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pull someone down a peg

Verb

alt-of alternative

Alternative form of take down a notch

Japanese Meaning

ある人の傲慢さや自惚れを打ち砕き、謙虚にならせる / その人の自尊心を下げ、控えめにさせる

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She warned me not to pull someone down a peg by bragging about my promotion.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は、昇進を自慢して誰かの鼻をへし折らないようにと私に注意した。

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pulls someone down a peg

（ present singular third-person ）

pulling someone down a peg

（ participle present ）

pulled someone down a peg

（ participle past ）

pulled someone down a peg

（ past ）

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