今日取り上げる単語 "slog" はReader's Digest 7月号の二つの別々の記事に出てきたので覚えたい。最初に引用するのは、フランスに来た移住者の問題についての記事です。
Although it has been a hard slog, the father of two now has full-time work as a Halal butcher and is part of a community he need never leave.
もう一つはTour de Franceの記事にありました。
Pre-dawn starts were the norm, as competitors cycled close to 500km in 17-hour slogs.
では "slog" を辞書で見ます。
・Macmillan Dictionary: something that is difficult or boring and seems to take a long time: Getting in shape doesn't have to be a hard slog.
・Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary:
1: a long period of hard work or effort: It will be a long, hard slog before everything is back to normal.
2: a long, difficult walk: It was a long slog up the mountain.
外国語の習得も "a hard slog" ですね。ただし、boringとは思わないので続いています。
Although it has been a hard slog, the father of two now has full-time work as a Halal butcher and is part of a community he need never leave.
もう一つはTour de Franceの記事にありました。
Pre-dawn starts were the norm, as competitors cycled close to 500km in 17-hour slogs.
では "slog" を辞書で見ます。
・Macmillan Dictionary: something that is difficult or boring and seems to take a long time: Getting in shape doesn't have to be a hard slog.
・Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary:
1: a long period of hard work or effort: It will be a long, hard slog before everything is back to normal.
2: a long, difficult walk: It was a long slog up the mountain.
外国語の習得も "a hard slog" ですね。ただし、boringとは思わないので続いています。
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