2011-08-20

pixelate

画像をモザイク処理することをpixelateと表現するようだ。
Home owners, for example, can ask Google to pixelate their houses in Street View.

2011-07-23

2011-01-10

resent

To feel indignantly aggrieved at.

indignation: Anger aroused by something unust, mean, or unworthy

aggrieved: Feeling distress or affliction; Treated wrongly, offended

distress: Anxiety or mental suffering

affliction: A condition of pain, suffering, or distress

2011-01-03

go belly up

破産する、諦める
She is like an animal that goes belly up when threatened, hoping the predator will lose interest and go away.

harangue

a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe.
If her daughter continued to harangue her, she could indicated that she was uncomfortable with the way her daughter was treating her.

torment

I feel tormented and I can't sleep.

steps to becoming

There are four steps to becoming a happier person.