abridge

verb, transitive
1. To reduce the length of (a written text); condense.
2. To cut short; curtail. See synonyms at shorten.

egregious

adjective
Conspicuously bad or offensive. See synonyms at flagrant.

admonish

1.To reprove gently but earnestly.
2.To counsel (another) against something to be avoided; caution.
3.To remind of something forgotten or disregarded, as an obligation or a responsibility.

gild the lily

1. To adorn unnecessarily something already beautiful.
2. To make superfluous additions to what is already complete.

askance

adverb
1. With disapproval, suspicion, or distrust.
2. With a sideways glance; obliquely.

extol

To praise highly; exalt.

a long shot

a. A bet made at great odds. b. A venture that offers a great reward if successful but has very little chance of success.

a man about town

有閑紳士、社交界の常連

oblique

基本は「傾いた, 斜めの」という意味の形容詞。名詞として使われる際に、横腹の筋肉を指す言葉として使われることがある。減量のための製品の広告で、そういう使い方をしていた。

deflect

To turn aside or cause to turn aside; bend or deviate.

with one's name on it

(弾丸などが)oneを殺す運命になっている
have one's name on itとも言う。

compulsory altruism

Technometriaというポッドキャストのこの回でGNU GPLを「compulsory altruism」と表現していた。

insinuate

verb, transitive
1.To introduce or otherwise convey (a thought, for example) gradually and insidiously. See synonyms at suggest.
2.To introduce or insert (oneself) by subtle and artful means.

verb, intransitive
To make insinuations.

-- from The American Heritageｮ Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition

resurrect

verb, transitive
1.To bring back to life; raise from the dead.
2.To bring back into practice, notice, or use.

verb, intransitive
Theology. To rise from the dead; return to life.

perfunctory

1.Done routinely and with little interest or care: The operator answered the phone with a perfunctory greeting.
2.Acting with indifference; showing little interest or care.

chifferobe

–noun
A piece of furniture having both drawers and space for hanging clothes.
It came from chiffonier (a French word meaning a small piece of furniture with drawers for needlework) and wardrobe.

miss-goodie-two-shoes

かわいらしいが疎ましい女の子。18世紀に、1つしか靴を持っていなかった貧しい女の子が、お金持ちからもう1つ靴をもらい、大喜びして「two shoes! two shoes!」と言って町中を走り回ったという話から。

chrysalis

A pupa, especially of a moth or butterfly, enclosed in a firm case or cocoon.

衝動買い

impulse buying
impulsive buyingとネーティブ氏が言っていたのような気がしたので、"impulse buying"と"impulsive buying"のGoogle力を測ってみたら、272k対22kで、impulse buyingが圧倒的に多かった。

whiz-bang

noun
One that is conspicuously effective, successful, or skillful: a whiz-bang of a speech.