Daily Vocabulary(2006/03/12)

1806.irrelevant(見当違いの、無関係の、不適切な）
Irrelevant remarks at meetings just waste time.
1807.word for word (文字どおりに、一語ずつ、一語一句）
If you translate that ad copy word for word, it sounds really strange.
1808.dreary(わびしい、物憂い、荒涼とした)
The dark old factory was a dreary place to work.
1809.come into being(生じる、生まれ出る、出現する）
This association came into being in 1985.
1810.distinguish A from B(区別する）
You need to be able to distinguish imitations from the others.
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