Q-Eng

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I make and post some English sentences for daily training.
If you found any mistakes in them, please let me know.

この書き込みは、英語学習の一貫として私 gyutaku が作った英作文です。
文法間違いやタイポなどがあれば是非教えてください。
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＜Word of the day (from http://www.learnersdictionary.com/ )＞
impulse [noun]
[count] 1 : a sudden strong desire to do something
・He has to learn to control his impulses.
・a natural/creative/sudden impulse
・a generous impulse
- often followed by to + verb
・He had to resist the impulse [=urge] to shout.
・My first/initial impulse was to say no.
□To do something on (an) impulse or on a sudden impulse is to do it suddenly and without thinking about it first.
・He bought a new camera on impulse.
・She quit her job on a sudden impulse.
An impulse buy/purchase is something that is bought on impulse and that usually is not really needed. ? The camera was an impulse buy. Impulse buying is the act or practice of buying things on impulse.
・Shopping with a credit card can lead to impulse buying.
2 (technical) : a small amount of energy that moves from one area to another
・an electrical impulse
・a nerve impulse [=a wave of electrical energy that is carried through the nerves to the brain]

1.⇒何かをしたいという突然の強い欲求
2.⇒ある場所から他に移動する少量のエネルギー

＜Examples by gyutaku＞
The man in distress dived into the train on impulse.
⇒苦境に置かれていたその男性は衝動的に電車に飛び込んだ。

"On second thought, it is so-called impulse buy we have to avoid."
⇒「良く考えてみたら、これはやってはいけない衝動買いってやつじゃないかなと。」

(*)斜字は http://www.learnersdictionary.com/ からの抜粋