さらに！TOEIC上級・リスニングセクション

・janitor：清掃作業員

He works as a janitor.

The new janitor keeps the hospital very clean.


・fill in for：～の代理をする

She was filling in for someone but didn't know what to do.
（彼女は誰かの代理だったが何をすればいいのか分かっていなかった）

A substitute teacher filled in for the regular teacher today.
（今日はいつもの先生に代わって代理の先生が授業をした）

※substitute＝代理人、代用品、代わりの、


・attend to：～の世話をする、～に対応する

The doctor is attending his patiant.

He carefully attendet to the customer's questions.


・facility：施設

Universities often have great library facilities.

This city has good sports facilities.


・postage：郵便料金

Postage is usually determined by weight.

The machine weighs letters to determine correct postage.

※weigh＝重さを量る


・land：獲得する、仕事を見つける

He landed an excellent job.

He landed the biggest fish of the day.
（彼はその日一番大きな魚を獲得した）

さらに！TOEIC上級・リスニングセクション

・attire：服装

The shop sells formal attire for men.

Students wear casual attire to class.


・ballot：投票、投票用紙

He cast his ballot in the election.

The ballot box was full after the day's voting.


・layoff：解雇、（再雇用を条件とした不況時の）一時解雇

He was a victim of the corprate layoffs.

The recent layoffs cost him his job.


・pull off：～を成し遂げる、成功する

They were able to pull off the deal.


・on hand：居合わせて、手元に持ち合わせて、立ち会って

The nurse is on hand to assist the doctors.

There is a fire extinguisher on hand in case of a fire.


・pull over：車を脇に寄せる、停めさせる

He had to pull the car over and stretch.

The policeman pulled the car over.

さらに！TOEIC上級・リスニングセクション

・complimentary：優待の、無料の

The hotel offers guests a complimentary breakfast.

The meal came with a complimentary glass of wine.


・verify：実証する、確認する

You need to input your PIN number to veryfy your identity.

The purpose of the project is to verigy the existence of alien life.


・subscribe：署名する、寄付する、（寄付を）約束、予約する、株式を引き受けるetc...（ここでは｢定期購読する｣）

I subscribe to a business newspaper.

He subscribes to several magazines.


・inventory：在庫、在庫の一覧表

Our inventory of this product is getting low.

Whene the inventory is complete, we  will order the products we need.
（在庫の一覧表が出来上がったら必要な製品を注文するつもりだ）


・crate：木箱

The bottles are packed into the crate for shipping.

All of our good are stored in wooden crate.


・phychiatrist：精神科医

He is now seeing a phychiatrist.
（彼は精神科に通っている）

She should to see a psychiatrist for her depression.


・brochure：パンフレット

Their job was to hand out brochures at the trade show.

We produced a few brochures describing our products.
（わが社は商品説明の為のパンフレットを何種類か作成した）
※describe=記述する、説明する、述べる、表現する

・resign：やめる、辞職する

He has resign from his job and is taking his things home.

One of my colleagues was pressured to resign today.


・valid：確かな、正当な根拠のある、合法な、有効な

You must have a valid passport to enter the country.

She was happy now that she had valid driver's license.