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English word |
English Definition |
English Example sentence |
| 1 |
an enthusiast |
a person who enjoys a certain hobby or activity |
I am a sailing enthusiast. |
| 2 |
to indulge in ~ |
to do an activity with a lot of enthusiasm, possibly an
unhealthy activity |
I indulged in a short game of chess last night. |
| 3 |
an avid ~ |
a person who does a hobby or activity very very much |
My brother is an avid bicyclist; he likes to ride about 15km a
day. |
| 4 |
to take up ~ |
to begin a hobby or activity |
When I was a teenager, I took up mountain biking. |
| 5 |
to get into ~ |
to become interested in |
I got into Japanese mostly because of manga. |
| 6 |
a foodie |
a person who is obsessed with food |
My brother is a real foody; he loves French wine and very
expensive ham. |
| 7 |
to do a magic trick |
to perform an amazing trick, as if by magic |
I love doing magic tricks when kids are watching. |
| 8 |
individual sports |
sports that a person can do alone |
Bicycling is an individual sport, but tennis is not. |
| 9 |
indoors |
inside a building |
I like to stay indoors on rainy days. |
| 10 |
outdoors |
outside a building |
I love sleeping outdoors when I have the chance. |
| 11 |
to put aside stress |
to forget about your stress for a short time |
I put aside my stress and focused on the movie. |
| 12 |
to pursue one’s passion |
to follow the things that are most important to you |
I pursued my passion with food by opening and managing a small
restaurant. |
| 13 |
to become involved in ~ |
to start to do a group activity, to join a group activity |
I became involved in yoga mostly due to my ex-girlfriend. |
| 14 |
to have a real passion for ~ |
to love a certain activity or hobby |
I have a real passion for kanji; I love finding really old
kanji and trying to write them. |
| 15 |
to be a real car nut |
to love cars very very much and know a lot about them |
My father wasn't a car nut. He had the same car for 30
years. |
| 16 |
to be a real movie buff |
to love movies very very much and know a lot about them |
My childhood friend was a real movie buff. |
| 17 |
a big fan of ~ |
of a person, to love something very much |
I'm a big fan of The Giants. |
| 18 |
to curl up in bed with ~ |
to get into bed with something, for the purpose of
relaxing |
I love to curl up in bed with a book every night. |
| 19 |
to get back into ~ |
to start doing something again after not doing it for a
while |
I want to get back into drawing; I used to do it, but then I
stopped. |
| 20 |
to get the hang of ~ |
to figure out how to do something, usually a physical task |
I finally got the hang of peeling carrots with a knife. |
| 21 |
to participate in ~ |
to join a group activity |
I participated in Sports Day at my school. |