Reader's Digest 9月号の単語クイズ欄 "WORD POWER" からの問題、名前にも使われる単語の "sally" 編です。
"sally": set out: Gene and Laurel are about to sally forth on the trip of a lifetime: a cruise around the world.
Reader's Digestの例文だけでは物足りないので辞書の例文も調べます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: formal, humorous Set out from a place to do something.: I made myself presentable and sallied forth.
・Collins Dictionary: If someone sallies forth or sallies somewhere, they go out into a rather difficult, dangerous, or unpleasant situation in a brave or confident way.: ...worrying about her when she sallies forth on her first date.
・Macmillan Dictionary: to leave a place to go on a trip or for a definite purpose, showing confidence and energy: Every afternoon she sallied forth to do the shopping.
"sally": set out: Gene and Laurel are about to sally forth on the trip of a lifetime: a cruise around the world.
Reader's Digestの例文だけでは物足りないので辞書の例文も調べます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: formal, humorous Set out from a place to do something.: I made myself presentable and sallied forth.
・Collins Dictionary: If someone sallies forth or sallies somewhere, they go out into a rather difficult, dangerous, or unpleasant situation in a brave or confident way.: ...worrying about her when she sallies forth on her first date.
・Macmillan Dictionary: to leave a place to go on a trip or for a definite purpose, showing confidence and energy: Every afternoon she sallied forth to do the shopping.
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