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‘I want to be a good father’: Ed Sheeran reveals he will QUIT music once he starts a family with fiancée Cherry Seaborn… days after announcing their secret engagement
once (phrase)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” used for saying that as soon as one thing happens, something else happens “というふうに記載されていますね。
例文：
I’m sure you’ll be very happy here once you get to know everyone.
Once I’ve found somewhere to live I’ll send you my address.
Remember that you won’t be able to cancel the contract once you’ve signed.
He’s previously spoken about wanting children by the time he turns 30 with his Cherry Seaborn, who he secretly proposed to last year.
But his quest to becoming a dad may cause heartbreak amongst his legions of fans after singer Ed Sheeran vowed to give up his music career once his family starts to expand.
If he sticks to his own timeline, the 26 year-old only has four more years of lyrical successes before he swaps it all for parenthood.
the 26year-old は名詞です。形容詞にtheがつくと名詞になります。
quest (noun)
Cambridge Dictionaryによると ” a long search for something that is difficult to find, or an attempt to achieve something difficult: “というふうに記載されていますね。
例文：
Nothing will stop them in their quest for truth.
She went to India on a spiritual quest.
a quest for the meaning of life
legion (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” a large group or number of people “ と記載されていますね。
例文：
The band has legions of fans.
He failed to turn up for the concert, disappointing the legions of fans waiting outside.
To vow (verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” to promise that you will do something “ と記載されていますね。
例文：
The president has vowed to help the earthquake victims.
I vowed that I would never gamble again.
After the awful meals we had last Christmas, I vowed to do more of the cooking myself.
stick to (phrasal verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to do something that you promised or decided you would do, or that you believe you should do “ と記載されていますね。
例文：
You’ll never learn to play the piano if you’re not prepared to stick to it.
I think I’ll stick to my first plan.
I’d better stick to the rules.
I find it very hard to stick to a diet.
lyrical (adjective)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” expressing beauty and strong emotion “ と記載されていますね。
例文：
The new concerto is intensely lyrical.
The book contains lyrical descriptions of the author’s childhood.
To swap for (verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to replace one thing with another “ と記載されていますね。
例文：
We swapped the worn-out tyre for a brand new one.
When he got a job in a bank, he had to swap his jeans and T-shirt for a suit (= he had to wear formal clothes instead of informal ones).
I’ll swap you my chocolate bar for your peanuts.
Chatting to the Daily Star, Ed admitted his passion for music will take a nose-dive once his responsibility to his brood begins.
He said: ‘My ambition is going to go to zero as soon as I have kids. ‘I am going to be like, ‘I do not really care anymore as I have another life to take care of’.’
‘It is totally understandable because you have children and your ambition shifts to be like, ‘I want to be a good father’.’
nosedive (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” a sudden reduction in prices, profits etc “ と記載されていますね。
例文：
The value of the pound took another nosedive today.
The company’s share price went into a nosedive yesterday.
There was alarm in the markets when the dollar took a nosedive.
brood (noun)
Cambridge Dictionaryによると” a group of young birds all born at the same time: “と ” a person’s young children: “ というふうに記載されていますね。
例文：
Ann was at the party with her brood.
understandable (adjective)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” normal and reasonable in a particular situation“ と” clear and easy to understand “と記載されています。
例文：
Their reaction is perfectly understandable in the circumstances.
It’s understandable that mistakes were made.
The system must be understandable even to first-time users.
I wasn’t surprised at her response, it was perfectly understandable.
To shift (verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” if an idea, attitude, or plan shifts, or if someone shifts it, it changes “ と記載されています。
例文：
Our attention has shifted from baseball to the election.
She shifted her weight from one foot to the other.
It’s not the first time the acoustic artist has confessed to feeling broody – previously telling Zane Lowe on Apple Music’s Beats 1 in January 2016 that he ‘wanted to be a dad ‘like, last year’.
He continued: I’m ready, let’s go – tour bus babies, little fat, chubby babies that just walk around.
His looming 30th birthday could signal to fans that they only have another four years of hits from the Grammy winner, as he mulled over the idea to OK! Magazine in March.
To confess (verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” to admit something about yourself that you would not normally tell people because you are embarrassed about it or they could be disappointed by it “ という風に記載されています。
例文：
He confessed to sleeping/having slept through most of the movie.
Simpson has confessed to taking the money.
Nick confessed to being a secret opera fan.
He later confessed that he had been involved in the attack.
broody (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” wanting to have a baby “ と記載されていますね。イギリスの言葉です。
例文：
Seeing tiny babies always makes me feel broody.
looming (adjective)
Cambridge Dictionaryによると” (of something unwanted or unpleasant) about to happen soon and causing worry: “というふうに記載されていますね。
例文：
the looming crisis
The government is denying that a crisis is looming.
mull over (phrasal verb)
Cambridge Dictionaryによると” to think carefully about something for a period of time: “ と記載されています。
例文：
I need a few days to mull things over before I decide.
They’ll need time to mull over the proposals.
He told the publication: ‘I think the wheels should be in motion by the time I’m 30. But it’s not really up to me.
‘It’s a two-way street. It has to be up to the partner as well.’
Things appear to be moving very quickly for the Thinking Out Loud hit-maker, who also announced his engagement to former school friend Cherry on Saturday in a heartwarming Instagram post of the cosy couple in a sweet candid polaroid.
Ed informed his 18.9 million followers: ‘Got myself a fiancé just before new year. We are very happy and in love, and our cats are chuffed as well xx’
The singer met Cherry, 24, when they were both students at Thomas Mills High School in Framlingham, Suffolk, when Ed had a crush on the pretty brunette.
But the pair were separated when Cherry left high school to attend Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
be up to sb (preposition)
Cambridge Dictionaryによると” to be the responsibility of someone: “ と記載されています。
例文：
Do you want to stay or go? It’s up to you.
It’s up to the manager to make the final decision.
It’s up to all of us to try to solve the problems in our neighbourhoods.
two-way (adjective)
Cambridge Dictionaryによると” A two-way situation involves two people or two groups of people working together to achieve a shared aim: “ という風に記載されています。
例文：
Negotiations are a two-way thing – both sides have to come to a compromise.
Remember, friendships are a two-way street (= both people have to make an effort).
cosy (adjective)
Cambridge Dictionaryによると” comfortable and pleasant, especially (of a building) because of being small and warm:“ と記載されています。
例文：
This room is nice and cosy in the winter.
He showed me into a cosy little room.
a cosy little house
candid (adjective)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” a candid photograph of someone is natural and informal and is taken without them knowing that they are being photographed “ と記載されています。
例文：
candid shots
chuffed (adjective)
Cambridge Dictionaryによると” pleased or happy: “ という風に記載されています。
例文：
He was really chuffed with his present.
have a crush on someone
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” a feeling of love and admiration for someone, often someone you know you cannot have a relationship with “ と記載されています。
例文：
I used to have a massive crush on my geography teacher.
She has a crush on one of her teachers at school.
She had a crush on Matthew in sixth grade.
It wasn’t really love, just a schoolgirl crush.
brunette (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” a woman with dark brown hair “ と記載されています。
例文：
a tall brunette
Ed did not begin dating the consultant – a keen hockey player who competed in British University Championships – until 2015, when she was working on Wall Street, the financial district of New York.
To combat the long-distance, the pair spent most of 2016 travelling the world together as Ed took a year off from the music business.
In December that year, Cherry transferred to the London office so that she could move in with Ed and the pair have been blissfully happy since.
To compete (verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” to try to win a competition “ という風に記載されています。
例文：
Her dream was to compete in the Olympics.
Are you competing in the 100 metres?
To combat (verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” to try to stop something unpleasant or harmful from happening or increasing: “ という風に記載されています。
例文：
I have to combat this constant desire to eat chocolate.
the need for effective action to combat global warming
The government is spending millions of dollars in its attempt to combat drug abuse.
move in with (phrasal verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” to start living in the same place as someone else “ と記載されています。
例文：
He’s moving in with his friends from college.
blissfully (adverb)
Cambridge Dictionaryによると形容詞blissfulは” extremely or completely happy: “ と記載されています。
例文：
a blissful childhood/holiday
We spent a blissful year together before things started to go wrong.
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