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意味はおそらくそうだろうと思い込んで、実際には意味がまったく違う英語表現がたくさんあります。たとえば、black tea は黒茶ではなくて、紅茶です。sweet waterは甘水ではなく、 淡水です。今日は、blackの本来の意味を失っていて、
(1) black flag
(2) look black
(3) black art
(4) black sheep
(5) blacksmith
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▼ クイズの答えはこちら:
(1) black flag: 海賊旗.
(2) look black: 〈事態が〉険悪である Example: Things are looking black. 険悪な情勢になってきた.
(3) black art: 魔法
(4) black sheep: (一家･仲間の)やっかい者，つらよごし
(5) blacksmith: 鍛冶(かじ)屋
Notes:
rockfish (魚)きちじ；
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People can live about 100 years. What about fish? Well, a man caught a 200-year-old fish off the coast of Alaska. Henry Liebman, who lives in Seattle, Washington, has been deep-sea fishing for years, but he came back with the biggest rockfish ever caught on June 21. It was longer than 1 meter. Most fish stop growing, but the rockfish just keeps getting bigger. You can tell the age of a rockfish not only by its size but also by its ear bone. The bone grows one ring every year, just like a tree. Scientists are checking the ear bone now to find out the exact age. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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