2021-06-16

上役に自分を売り込む。
米国が議長だった昨年、対面のG7がなかったのはコロナのせいだが、欧州の首脳はほっとしたのではないか。
支持を取り付ける。
気に食わない
不毛な議論
僻みを起こす
酔いつぶす
一生をぶらぶら送る
この仕事はうまくやった。

blackout
vie
come online to = become active
scorching summer
to sprout up overnight
to stave off hunger
the army is scalling up its operation
the banks have been reluctant suspicious, like the IMF, that poliitics will stymie, drive up inflation and sink their newly bought bonds.
think it worthwhile to educate them.
to be on a par with sb.
fetuses
if something unpleasant is rife, it is very common or happens a lot.
the knock-on effects are astounding.
education boots earning power and widens choices, so she is less likely to be poor or to suffer domestic abuse.
smorgashbord
she will pass on a smorgasbord advantages to her offspring.
she will have fewer children, and invest more in them.
grow up stunted physicaly or mentally.
it is a scandal that some countries have still failed to grasp them.
to avert one’s mind from sth.
what is the downside of the approach?
fulfill the potential
stand up for himself