Daily Vocabulary(2007/11/13)

4846.whiz kid(頭の切れる若手実力者）
Tom was a former whiz kid, but now is an unemployed computer programmer.
4847.make someone's skin crawl(人をゾッとさせる）
This makes my skin crawl.
4848.disconcert(人の心を乱す、まごつかせる、狼狽させる）
The compliment disconcerted me.
4849.taken aback(～にびっくりさせられる、～で不意を突かれる）
I was taken aback when she told me she'd had breast augmentation.
4850.diploma(卒業証書、学位）
I do not have a high school diploma, but I am still able to enter college.
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