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石
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flash; instant; lightning (speed)
Examples
彼はそれを電光石火の早さで仕上げた。
He finished it as quick as lightning.
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Idiomatic expression
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; pointless exercise; waste of time; (something that is) too little, too late; (pouring) water on a hot stone
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Idiomatic expression
to create a stir; to make waves; to raise a question about; to cause a sensation
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compass
Examples
チャールズウォルコットはハトの方位磁石を探した。
Charles Walcot investigated the magnetic compass bearing sense in pigeons.
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Stone Age
Examples
この本によれば、最初の人工橋梁は新石器時代にさかのぼるという。
This book says the earliest man-made bridges date back to the New Stone Age.
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fossil fuel
Examples
その大陸は化石燃料が豊富だ。
The continent is abundant in fossil fuels.
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mixed bag; mixture of good and bad; jumble of wheat and chaff; mixture of precious gems and common rocks
Examples
ボスには玉石混交のグループとは言われたけれど、俺は玉かな、それとも石なのかな。
The boss said this group is a real mixed bag. I wonder if he places me with the wheat or the chaff.
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Idiomatic expression
being excessively cautious; knocking on a strong stone bridge before crossing it
Examples
石橋をたたいて渡れ。
Look before you leap.