bullhorn

軍艦の拡声器

redemption

買い戻し, （約束の）履行
救助, 救出
償い, あがない

dowry

持参金, 嫁入り道具

omniscient

全知の, 博識の

beeline

(巣に戻るミツバチの進路のような)直線コース, 最短経路

cuticle

1. The outermost layer of the skin of vertebrates; epidermis.
2. The strip of hardened skin at the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
If you are chic to the cuticles, then make a beeline for Harvey Nichols, just a block away.

puberty

思春期, 成熟期
reach the age of puberty 婚姻年齢に達する

見返した日: 2006-05-20, 2007-01-16

1. The stage of adolescence in which an individual becomes physiologically capable of sexual reproduction.
2. The approach to maturity: "Mankind will not reach puberty for another hundred thousand years"(Rene Dubos).

adolescence
1. The period of physical and psychological development from the onset of puberty to maturity.
2. A transitional period of development between youth and maturity: the adolescence of a nation.

heed

気をつける, 留意する
Heed what I say. 私の言うことをよく聞け.

galore

(名詞のあとに置いて)(数・量が)たっぷり
Glitches Galore in VoIP

PVC

polyvinyl chloride
塩化ビニール

Is there anything PVC *can't* do? I know at first it sounds like a bum gift, but there are sooo many cool projects you can make with with PVC pipe.

From MAKE's Mostly Under $100 Gift Guide 2005

No venture, no gain

虎穴に入らずんば虎児を得ず
Nothing ventured, nothing gainedとも言うようだ。

cricket

コオロギ

larva

幼虫
(複)larvae

deplore

(痛烈に)非難する, 批判する, とがめる
contrary to frequent media reports deploring the excesses

disipation

消失, 浪費
Digital Dossiers and the Dissipation of Fourth Amendment Privacy

unbeknownst

[adjective]
Unbeknown.
[adverb]
Without the knowledge of a specified party. Used with to: Our cousin had been ill for years, unbeknownst to the family.

strangulate

(腸・血管などを)縛る, 絞殺する
At a North Carolina strangulation-murder trial this month, prosecutors announced an unusual piece of evidence: Google searches allegedly done by the defendant that included the words "neck" and "snap."