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Daily Vocabulary(2022/10/03)

2022年10月03日 | Daily Vocabulary
29366.pick one's brain (人の知恵・知識を借りる )to ask someone who knows a lot about something for information and advice about it
Have you got a minute? I need to pick your brains
29367.so-and-so (だれそれ、だれだれ、何々 ) used to refer to a particular person or thing when you do not give a specific name → such and such
I’d find myself thinking, ‘I wonder what so-and-so is doing?’ . 
29368.off the grid (電力系統のない;電力や水を自給している )if you live off-grid, you do not use the normal electricity, gas, or water supply 
They supply all types of off-grid energy products for caravans and motorhomes. 
29369.streetwise  (都会の環境で生き抜く術を持った、都会の生活勘のある  )able to deal with the dangerous situations and people that are common in some cities and towns
Kids these days are much more streetwise than we ever were at their age 
29370.street smart (都市環境で生き残るために必要な鋭い臨機応変さを持つさま )having the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment) 
She is a street-smart woman who lives in New York City