wither

it seems to me that the history of corporate acquisitions is littered with takeovers in which the shareholders may have profited, but the corporation's life and creativity withered.

mycelium

The vegetative part of a fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, threadlike hyphae.
hypha (pl hyphae): 菌糸

tenacious

1. Holding or tending to hold persistently to something, such as a point of view. See synonyms at strong.
2. Holding together firmly; cohesive: a tenacious material.

get under (one's) skin

1. To irritate or stimulate; provoke.
2. To become an obsession.

scrounge

v.t. せびり取る.
v.i. あちこちあさる.

have A to show for B

Bに対する成果としてAを得ている

A wise dog doesn't let his fleas bother him.

という諺があるんだな。

Burkholderia cepacia

その道の人はB cepaciaと呼ぶようだ。
正式にはBurkholderia cepacia complexで日本語ではバークホルデリア・セパシア菌群のようだ。
そしてセパシア菌と呼ぶことが多いよう。

類義語パズル

A Way with Wordsでやっていたパズル。
単語Aと単語Bが類義語で、かつ単語Bと単語Cが類義語であるとする。
単語Aと単語Cが与えられた場合に、単語Bを当てるパズル。
以下の例では答えはすべて動物。

1. 問題： imp, mess around
   答え： monkey
2. 問題： school, angle
   答え： fish
3. 問題： deliver, stomach
   答え： bear
4. 問題： coward, showdown
   答え： chicken
5. 問題： highway, weapon
   答え： pike

Too much catsup can ruin the fries

Too many cooks spoil the brothの変形というところか

時を表す節で完了形を使う例

By the time you've finished this book, you will have learned not only the language itself, but also how to apply well to your day-to-day asks.

barefaced, bald-faced, bold-faced

いずれも、厚かましい・ずうずうしい、という意味で、この順に古い。barefacedはシェークスピアも使っているそうだ。bold-facedはボールド体の活字でという意味にもなるし、比較的新しく、bald-facedを使うのが無難なようだ。

Staphylococcus aureus

黄色ブドウ球菌。Graig Venterが講演の中でStaphylo. aureusと略していた。

Thucydides

Greek historian. Considered the greatest historian of antiquity, he wrote a critical history of the Peloponnesian War that contains the funeral oration of Pericles.
日本語ではツキディデス

Raynaud's phenomenon

A circulatory disorder that affects the hands and feet, caused by insufficient blood supply to these parts and resulting in cyanosis, numbness, pain, and, in extreme cases, gangrene.

toot one's horn

I know he's going to be too bashful to toot his own horn, so I'll take on the job.

agathocacological

Composed of both good and evil
agathakakologicalとも綴る。
ギリシア語のagatho(良い)+caco(悪い)+形容詞の接尾辞logicalより

enology

ワイン醸造学
oenologyとも綴る

viticulture

ぶどう栽培

philtrum, tragus

philtrum:
the vertical groove on the surface of the upper lip, below the septum of the nose.

tragus:
1. The projection of skin-covered cartilage in front of the meatus of the external ear.
2. Any of the hairs growing at the entrance to the meatus of the external ear.