Daily Vocabulary(2008/04/16)

5551.out of the blue(思いがけなく、突然、いきなり）
Susie got a call from her old school friend out of the blue.
5552.have no choice(〔～する以外道がない、選択肢がない）
Susie had no choice but to be absent from school for one year.
5553.cinch(ちょろいこと、簡単な）
It's a cinch.
5554.spree(〔欲望などに〕ふけること）
He got a new credit card and went on a shopping spree.
5555.lenient(大目に見た、手ぬるい、緩やかな）
Five years in prison for a murder is a lenient sentence.
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