Daily Vocabulary(2007/12/08)

4971.wardrobe(洋服ダンス、ワードローブ、衣装だな、持ち衣装、衣服）
Could you pass me that shirt from the wardrobe?
4972.akin to(～と同種［類似］の）
Forcing them to listen to this terrible music is akin to torture.
4973.flip-flop(宙返り、とんぼ返り、かかとのないサンダル、ビーチサンダル）
There are people that are coming to work in flip-flop sandals, cutoff jeans, bedroom slippers.
4974.prod(突くこと、連絡、催促、突く、つつく、刺激する、急かす、駆り立てる、促す、励ます）
Her father prodded her to be a singer in a country band.
4975.torture(拷問、せっかん、生き地獄、責め苦）
They used torture to get the information from the prisoner.
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