There, but for the grace of God, go I.

神さまのご加護がなければ私も（同じような）ひどい目にあっていた.

perennial

永続する, 絶え間のない, 反復する
A look at the perennial problem of homelessness from a unique perspective: from someone who is currently homeless.

as rare as hens' teeth

稀なことのたとえ。

poignant

a. Physically painful: "Keen, poignant agonies seemed to shoot from his neck downward" (Ambrose Bierce). b. Keenly distressing to the mind or feelings: poignant anxiety. c. Profoundly moving; touching: a poignant memory. See synonyms at moving.

evict

立ち退かせる, 取り戻す
After Brown, 43, and his family were evicted from their northeast Greensboro home earlier this month

cadre

〔軍〕基幹人員

heed

気をつける, 留意する
Those companies who would launch an open source project by firing sourcecode over the enterprise firewall with a Sourceforge trebuchet need to take heed

trebuchet

（中世の城門破壊用）投石器, （軽量用）小型天秤

drone

雄バチ, なまけ者, ごくつぶし
someone who is smarter, harder working, better in some way than the drone

cartilage

軟骨

impostor

ぺてん師, 詐欺師

incarcerate

投獄する, 幽閉［監禁］する, 閉じ込める, 取り囲む, 締めつける

mea culpa

An acknowledgment of a personal error or fault.

incommunicado

他と連絡を断たれて, 独房に入れられて

auspice

《通例～s》庇護, 保護, 援助, 賛助, 後援, 発起, 主催

ordinance

法令,布告,条例

agrarian

土地の, 土地保有の, 農地の

redeem

償う, 埋め合わせる

vilify

けなす, そしる, 中傷する

horse sense

《古風》あたりまえの良識, 常識

crow's-foot

Often crow's-feet . A lasting wrinkle or wrinkles formed at the outer corner of the eye.
日本語では「カラスの足跡」で、ヨーロッパの他の言語でもある種の鳥の足で言い表されることが多いようだ。

inquisitive

質問好きの, 探究的な,

limerick

A light humorous, nonsensical, or bawdy verse of five anapestic lines usually with the rhyme scheme aabba.

spoonerism

A transposition of sounds of two or more words, especially a ludicrous one, such as Let me sew you to your sheet for Let me show you to your seat.

Stendhal's syndrome

Dizziness, panic, paranoia, or madness caused by viewing certain artistic or historical artifacts or by trying to see too many such artifacts in too short a time.
Also called David's syndrome or tourist's syndrome.

power law

日本語では「冪乗則」と書くのがいいように思う。

hath

《古》haveの三人称単数直説法現在形

clicquish

小集団の, 派閥の
A new social system starts, and seems delightfully free of the elitism and cliquishness of the existing systems.

lucid

わかりやすい, 明快な
With lucid exposition and gorgeous graphics, anthropologist Stephen Lansing exposed the hidden structure and profound health of the traditional Balinese rice growing practices.

subversion

転覆, 打倒, 破壊, 滅亡, 転覆させるもの

hew

切り刻む, かき分けて切り開く, 切り取る, (規則・基準・主義などに)従う
It's interesting how closely the Mix06 web site hews to these observations on current web style: It was *not* like that when it launched.
(最後の意味で使われている例)

condone

(罪・違法などを)容赦する,大目に見る

an old saying about burden

We are not given the burden we deserve. We are given the burden we can bear.

obnoxious

とても不快な, 胸の悪くなる, 醜悪な

batboy

A boy who is employed by a baseball team to look after its equipment, especially the bats.

pall

つまらなくなる, 魅力がなくなる

perplex

当惑させる

despise

軽蔑する, 見下す, ひどくきらう

faux pas

過失, 無作法

metrosexual

An urban male with a strong aesthetic sense who spends a great deal of time and money on his appearance and lifestyle.
from Word Spy

jubilee

silver [golden, diamond] jibulee 25［50，60］周年

courtesan

A woman who is a prostitute, especially one whose clients are men of rank or wealth.

haphazard

でたらめの,行き当たりばったりの,当てのない

noodle

To improvise music on an instrument in an idle, haphazard fashion.

snout

(豚・鯨などの突き出た)鼻

anguish

激しい苦痛, 苦悩, 苦悶
His heart was torn with anguish.

lineage

血筋, 家系, 一族, 部族

aggression

侵略行為

scleroderma

A pathological thickening and hardening of the skin.

isotretinoin

A chemical compound, C20H28O2, used in the treatment of severe forms of acne.

contraindication

(特定の療法・薬に対する)禁忌

analgesic

鎮痛剤

procrastinate

To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness.
To postpone or delay needlessly.