Daily Vocabulary(2007/01/15)

3351.dress code(服装規定）
Japan has been taking measures to save energy by introducing a summer dress code called "Cool Biz."
3352.batter（～を続けざまに打つ、～を連打する、打ちのめす、めった打ちにする、打ち壊す、たたきつぶす、～に激しく当たる）
He battered his wife with his fists when they had an argument.
3353.tete-a-tete(〈フランス語〉二人だけの話、差し向かいの話、内緒話）
We had a box-lunch tete-a-tete,so I could let him know his notion of a dress code was totally inappropriate.
3354.mutter(不平などをボソボソ言う）
My mother always encouraged me to speak clearly and not to mutter.
3355.caprice(気まぐれ、移り気）
He puts up with her caprices because he loves her.
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