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***** [(1) to think or believe that something will happen; (2) to wait for an event]  

Meaning (1): to think or believe that something will happen
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Usage example (text) Do you expect an increase in pay this year? あなたは今年、給料が上がると思いますか？

Meaning (2): to wait for an event
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Usage example (text) Tom and Mary Ann are expecting a new baby in August. トムとメアリー アンには8月に赤ちゃんが産まれます。

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***** [(1) to force out; (2) to remove from; (3) to send away]  

Meaning (1): to force out
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Usage example (text) The dishonest officers were expelled from the military forces. 不正直な将校は軍隊から除名された。

Meaning (2): to remove from
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Usage example (text) The students were expelled for bringing alcohol to school. 学生たちは学校にアルコールを持ち込んだことで退学させられた。

Meaning (3): to send away
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Usage example (text) Some of the exiles were expelled for religious reasons. 国外追放された人々の中には宗教的な理由で追放された人がいた。

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***** [(1) to live through an event, situation or condition; (2) something that one has done or lived through]  

Meaning (1): to live through an event, situation or condition
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Usage example (text) She experienced great pain. 彼女は強烈な痛みを経験した。

Meaning (2): something that one has done or lived through
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Usage example (text) The experience caused her great pain. その体験は彼女に強烈な痛みをもたらした。

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***** [(1) to test; (2) a test or trial carried out to prove if an idea is true or false, or to discover something]  

Meaning (1): to test
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Usage example (text) The candidate said he experimented with marijuana when he was a student. 候補者は学生の時にマリファナを試したことがあると言った。

Meaning (2): a test or trial carried out to prove if an idea is true or false, or to discover something
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Usage example (text) The medical experiments showed that the new medicine was not effective against cancer. 医学実験は新薬が癌に対して効果的でないことを示した。

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***** [a person with special knowledge or training]  

Meaning: a person with special knowledge or training
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Usage example (text) She is an expert on nuclear disarmament. 彼女は核軍縮についての専門家です。

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***** [(1) to give reasons for; (2) to make clear; (3) to tell about; (4) to tell the meaning]  

Meaning (1): to give reasons for
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Usage example (text) Linda explained to her father why she wanted a big wedding. リンダは、父になぜ自分が盛大な結婚式にしたいのかその訳を話した。

Meaning (2): to make clear
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Usage example (text) The president explained in detail his plan to send American soldiers to the troubled area. 大統領は紛争地域に米兵を送る計画を詳細に明らかにした。

Meaning (3): to tell about
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Usage example (text) Wyatt explained the steps he used to solve the budget problem. ワイアットは予算問題を解決するのに自分がとった手段を説明した。

Meaning (4): to tell the meaning
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Usage example (text) Justin was asked to explain the effects of his solution on all sides in the dispute. ジャスティンは言い争いにおけるすべての側への彼の解決策の効果を 説明するよう求められた。

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***** [to break apart violently with a loud noise, like a bomb]  

Meaning: to break apart violently with a loud noise, like a bomb
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Usage example (text) The criticism made him explode in anger. 批判は彼を激怒させた。

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***** [(1) to travel in a place that is not well known to learn more about it; (2) to make a careful search; (3) to examine closely]  

Meaning (1): to travel in a place that is not well known to learn more about it
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Usage example (text) A team led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark explored the land west of the Mississippi River almost two hundred years ago. メリウェザー・ルイスとウィリアム・クラーク率いるチームは ほぼ200年前にミシシッピー川西の土地を探検した。

Meaning (2): to make a careful search
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Usage example (text) The spacecraft explored the solar system to search for signs of life. 宇宙船は生命のこん跡を捜すため太陽系を調査した。

Meaning (3): to examine closely
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Usage example (text) The committee explored every possibility before deciding what to do. 委員会はどうするか決める前にすべての可能性を探った。

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***** [(1) to send to another country; (2) something sent to another country, usually for sale]   

Meaning (1): to send to another country
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Usage example (text) The United States has been importing much more from Asia than it exports. 合衆国は同国が輸出するよりたくさんの量をアジアから輸入してきた。

Meaning (2): something sent to another country, usually for sale
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Usage example (text) But it expects exports will increase following the approval of full trade relations with China. しかし、合衆国は中国との完全な通商関係の認可の結果、 輸出が増大することを期待している。

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***** [to say clearly]  

Meaning: to say clearly
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Usage example (text) He expressed his love for her. 彼は彼女に対する恋心を告白した。

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***** [(1) to stretch out in area or length; (2) to continue for a longer time]  

Meaning (1): to stretch out in area or length
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Usage example (text) The rebels have extended their control over more of the country. 反逆者たちは彼らの支配を国のもっと広い範囲まで延ばしてきた。

Meaning (2): to continue for a longer time
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Usage example (text) Officials have extended the time that students must be in school each day, from seven hours to eight. 当局者たちは、生徒たちが毎日学校にいなければならない時間を 7時間から8時間に延長した。

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***** [more than normal, expected or necessary]  

Meaning: more than normal, expected or necessary
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Usage example (text) Newspapers printed extra copies to report election results. 新聞は選挙結果を報道するために号外を印刷した。

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***** [more than the usual or accepted]  

Meaning: more than the usual or accepted
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Usage example (text) My broken leg was extremely painful. 私の骨折した足が非常に痛む。(〜ly adverb)

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***** [a person with strong religious or political beliefs who acts in an extreme or violent way]  

Meaning: a person with strong religious or political beliefs who acts in an extreme or violent way
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Usage example (text) Animal rights extremists broke into the building and released all the laboratory animals. 動物保護を主張する過激派はそのビルに侵入し、すべての実験動物を放した。

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