Daily Vocabulary(2007/10/08)

4676.acrid(とげとげしい、辛らつな、冷酷な）
The acrid smoke came pouring out of the factory.
4677.prod(突くこと、突き棒、連絡、催促、突く、つつく、刺激する、急かす、駆り立てる）
Can you give me a prod tomorrow morning?
4678.equate(一致する、～を同等と見なす、～と同一視する）
You can't equate her honest mistake with their calculated deception.
4679.train of thought(一連の考え、思考の脈絡）
Tom lost his train of thought and got confused after being interrupted.
4680.ironic(皮肉な、風刺的な）
Isn't it ironic that he won the lottery and died the next day?
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