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何回も言いますが、新聞を読むためには各々の単語が名詞（noun）なのか、形容詞（adjective）なのか、副詞（adverb）なのかがめちゃくちゃ大事になってきます！文法はほんっっっっっっとうに大事です！！！一緒に一つずつやっていきましょう！僕の勉強がわりにもなっているので、僕が知っていることは飛ばしていたりします。なので、何かわからないことがあれば気軽にコメントください。できるだけ答えます！よろしくお願いします 😉
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Now THAT’S supersize! Tiny Japanese woman eats mammoth 10,000 CALORIES worth of McDonald’s in one sitting
mammoth (adjective)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” very large “というふうに記載されていますね。
例文：
a mammoth task
Building the dam was a mammoth construction project.
worth (noun/adjective)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” the amount of money that something can be sold for; value “ と記載されていますね。
例文：
He bought a dollar’s worth of stamps.
He tried to read books of real worth.
in/at one sitting
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” during one limited period of time, without stopping “ と記載されていますね。
例文：
I read the book in one sitting.
I enjoyed the book so much that I read it all in one sitting.
Our teenage sons can finish a whole turkey at one sitting.
How much research can you get done at one sitting?
He sometimes reads a whole novel at one sitting.
She can go through a whole box of cookies in one sitting.
A tiny Japanese woman has put her own spin on the Thanksgiving gorge-fest by wolfing down more than 10,000 calories worth of McDonald’s.
Yuka Kinoshita, 32, sat down with five burgers, three large fries and a staggering 23 desserts with three large Cokes to wash them all down.
She gives a running commentary of the feast, which was 10,642 calories in total, and despite struggling slightly after her fourth hamburger, she valiantly finished the feast.
put your own spin on
Cambridge Dictionaryによると” a way of describing an idea or situation that makes it seem better than it really is, especially in politics “という意味になります。日本語にすると ” ～に自分独特の持ち味を与える、〔情報の提示などにおいて〕～を自分流に［自分に都合がいいように］表現する “ という感じです。
例文：
They have tried to put a positive spin on the situation.
This report puts a different spin on the issue.
The mayor tried to put a positive spin on the damaging polls.
To gorge (verb)
Cambridge Dictionaryによると” to eat until you are unable to eat any more: “と記載されています。が、ここでは動詞ではなく形容詞として使われています。
例文：
She sat in front of the television, gorging herself on chocolates.
If you gorge yourself on snacks like that, you won’t eat your dinner.
We gorged ourselves on fresh sardines and salads.
wolf down
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” to eat something very quickly “というふうに記載されていますね。
例文：
He wolfed down lunch in five minutes.
The girls wolfed down the pizza in minutes.
The boys wolfed the sandwiches (down) and then started on the cake.
staggering (adjective)
Cambridge Dictionaryによると” very shocking and surprising “ と記載されていますね。スラングになります。
例文：
Nursing care costs a staggering $15,000 per week!
It costs a staggering $50,000 per week to keep the museum open to the public.
the staggering success of the books
a staggering 63 per cent increase
wash down (phrasal verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると” to drink something after putting food or medicine in your mouth, especially so that you can swallow more easily “というふうに記載されていますね。
例文：
She was eating bread and cheese and washing it down with iced tea.
He had a large slice of pizza washed down with beer.
running commentary (noun)
Cambridge Dictionaryによると ” a description of an event, usually a sports event, given at the same time as it happens “ というふうに記載されています。
feast (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” a large meal “ と記載されていますね。
例文：
“What a feast!” she said, surveying all the dishes on the table.
We had a feast of fresh seafood.
a wedding feast
valiantly (adverb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると形容詞 valiantlyの意味は ” very brave and determined, especially in a difficult situation “ と記載されています。その副詞系です。
例文：
The team made a valiant effort to take the lead in the third quarter, but they were too far behind.
The company has made a valiant effort/attempt in the last two years to make itself more efficient.
The slight Japanese super-eater makes light work of the huge meal and even has the energy to give a detailed review of her enormous feed at the end.
ここでのfeedは古い言い方でfoodです。
Kinoshita has amassed 3.6million subscribers to her YouTube channel where she uploads daily videos of her eating prowess.
She tackles the McDonald’s challenge by eating a burger and some fries followed by some desserts before repeating the sequence.
In front of her, lined up on a table, are the five Kalbi Mac burgers – a Japanese variation of the traditional Mac – the fries, drinks, and ten dark chocolate pies, ten white chocolate pies as well as three tiramisu McFlurrys.
slight (adjective)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” thin, not very tall, and not looking very strong “ と記載されていますね。
例文：
a slight young woman
Like most long-distance runners she is very slight.
make light work of
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to do something very quickly and easily “ というふうに記載されています。
例文：
Willie Thorne made light work of his opponent to earn a place in the last 16.
Heather made light work of painting the walls.
You made light work of that chocolate cake (= you ate it quickly)!
To amass (verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to collect a lot of something such as money or information over a period of time “ と記載されています。
例文：
She has amassed a huge fortune from her novels.
Some of his colleagues envy the enormous wealth that he has amassed.
They had amassed a fortune worth about £51 billion in today’s money.
subscriber (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” someone who pays money in order to receive something regularly, for example copies of a newspaper or magazine, or a service “ と記載されています。
例文：
The mobile phone companies compete with each other to win new subscribers.
Cable television companies have launched major campaigns to increase their number of subscribers.
prowess (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” great skill or ability “ というふうに記載されています。
例文：
athletic/sexual/physical prowess
He’s always boasting about his sexual prowess.
After the fourth burger she tells the camera her jaw is hurting, but soldiers on to finish all her savoury food.
With 12 sweet pies remaining, she uses the McFlurrys as a dip and rattles through the rest of the feast.
On her videos, she eats anywhere between 5,000 and 23,000 calorie meals.
As of November 2016, her videos have been viewed more than 680 million times.
soldier on (phrasal verb)
Cambridge Dictionaryによると ” to continue doing something although it is difficult “ と記載されていますね。
例文：
I admired the way she soldiered on when her business ran into trouble.
We’ll just have to soldier on till we finish the job.
savoury (adjective)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” tasting of salt or spices and not sweet “ と記載されています。
例文：
savoury snacks
A pie can be sweet or savoury.
dip (noun/verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” a thick cold sauce for dipping pieces of food into before eating them “ と記載されています。
rattles through (phrasal verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to do or say something quickly because you want to finish it as soon as you can “ というふうに記載されています。
例文：
I’m going to rattle through my work today so that I can go home early.
He rattled through the list of countries he had visited.
最後に、内容が理解でき、新しい単語も知ることができたら、必ずCambridge Dictionaryか、Macmillan Dictionaryで例文を読むようにしてください。そして一番シンプルで、自分が日常使いしときやすそうなもをノートやスマホに書き溜めておいてください。そしてこれを移動中の時などに声に出して覚えることが本当に大事です！（電車では難しいので、僕はよく歩きますw）
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