Breasts: The Real Reason Men Love Them
1. staple (n.)
a basic food, or a main product or material:
Because of the storm, most stores were low on staples such as bread and milk.
Scandals are a newspaper staple.
2. curvaceous (adj.)
A curvaceous woman has a body with attractive curves.
3. heterosexual (adj.)
a person who is sexually attracted to people of the opposite sex
⇔ homosexual
4. We happen to be heterosexual men.
- happen to
to do or be by chance:
[ + to infinitive ] I happened to come across this book I think you would like.
[ + to infinitive ] I happen to think he’s right (= I do, although others may not).
5. obsession (n.)
the control of one’s thoughts by a continuous, powerful idea or feeling, or the idea or feeling itself:
[ U ] His interest in detective stories has turned to obsession.
[ C ] They have an obsession with making money.
6. Women are the only female mammals whose breasts become enlarged at puberty, independent of pregnancy.
- enlarge (v.)
to become larger, or to cause something to become larger:
The city council voted to enlarge the park.
- puberty (n.)
the stage in a person’s life when the person develops from a child into an adult because of changes in the body that make the person able to have children
7. caress (v.) /kəˈres/
to touch or kiss someone in a gentle and loving way:
Gently he caressed her cheek.
8. stimulate (v.)
to make someone excited and interested about something:
The show was intended to stimulate and amuse.
[ + obj + to infinitive ] Good teachers should ask questions that stimulate students to think.
Erotic images are often more sexually stimulating to men than to women.
9. foreplay (n.)
the sexual activity such as kissing and touching that people do before they have sex
10. arousal (n.) /əˈraʊ.zəl/
a state of (sexual) arousal (= being sexually excited)
- arouse (v.)
1. to cause someone to have a particular feeling:
It's a subject that has aroused a lot of interest.
Our suspicions were first aroused when we heard a muffled scream.
2. to cause someone to feel sexual excitement
11. Nearly 60 percent explicitly asked to have their nipples touched.
- explicit (adj.) → explicitly (adv.)
communicated directly in a clear and exact way:
I gave them explicit directions on how to get here.
asked to have their nipples touched.
Have + object + past participle
'I cut my hair' means that I do it myself.
'I have my hair cut means someone cuts my hair for me (in this case it's probably a hairdresser).We use have something done to mean another person does a service for us.
The grammar for this is pretty simple:
Have + object + past participle
12. oblige (v.) /əˈblɑɪdʒ/
to help someone by doing something that they have asked you to do
The fans wanted more goals, and Ferguson duly obliged.
happy/glad/willing to oblige: If there’s anything else I can do, I’m always happy to oblige.
13. kajillion (n.)
(slang, hyperbolic) An unspecified large number (of).
14. be drawn to something/someone
"to be drawn to a person" means "to be attracted to a person". This does not necessarily mean sexually or romantically, but it is often used that way.
You may be thinking of "drawn" in the artistic sense, as in making a sketch, but that would be phrased as "you are drawn by her". It is also possible to use "drawn" in the sense of "attracted" with "by", as in the sentence, "He was drawn by her passionate denunciation of the political corruption."
15. engrain → ingrain (v.)
to establish something such as a belief so firmly that it is not likely to change:
We want to ingrain good financial habits in people.
16. be confronted with something
if a problem or difficult situation confronts you, you have to deal with it
the problems confronting the church
be confronted with something: She was confronted with the biggest crisis of her political life.
17. gratification (n.)
pleasure or satisfaction, or something which provides this:
sexual gratification
Some people expect instant gratification (= to get what they want immediately).
18. pastoral (adj.)
(of a piece of art, writing, or music) having or representing the pleasant, traditional features of the countryside:
a pastoral scene
19. opt (v.)
to make a choice, especially of one thing or possibility instead of others:
Mike opted for early retirement.
[ + to infinitive ] Most people opt to have the operation
20. shout somthing down [shout down something] (pv.)
to prevent someone who is speaking at a meeting from being heard, by shouting:
She was shouted down when she tried to speak on the issue of abortion.
21. in turn
because of that:
Stress causes your body to release chemicals, which in turn boost blood pressure.
22. a woman is in good health and therefore a top-notch prospect to bear and raise children.
女性は健康で、それゆえに、子供を生んだり育てることのできる最高の可能性がある
- top-notch (adj.)
excellent; of very good quality:
His level of fitness will have to be top-notch for him to play professional basketball.
- prospect (n.)
the possibility or likelihood that something will happen:
[ C ] Losing the elections is a prospect that still appears unlikely.
[ U ] She smiled at the prospect of seeing him again.
[ pl ] Prospects (= Chances for success) in the computer industry are excellent.
23. We don’t get pregnant, and bear children.
get pregnant (action/process) [get + adjective = action / process / becoming something]
be pregnant (state) [be + adjective = state]
24. contour (n.)
the shape of a mass of land or other object, especially its surface or the shape formed by its outer edge:
the rugged contour of the coast
He studied the contours of her face.
Her latest collection of swimwear shows off the contours of the human body to perfection.
25. bunk (n.)
complete nonsense, or something that is meant to deceive:
Most doctors think his theories are bunk.
26. engage in (pv.)
to take part in something:
The two governments have agreed to engage in a comprehensive dialogue to resolve the problem.
27. elaborate (adj.)
containing a lot of connected parts or many complicated details:
an elaborate ceremony
28. instigation (n.)
the act of causing an event or situation tohappen by your actions:
29. forge (v.)
to make or produce something,especially with some difficulty:
30. oddity (n.)
someone or something that is strange andunusual:
As one of the few women in engineering in the 1950s, she was considered an oddity.
31. quirk (n.)
an unusual habit or type of behavior, or something that is strange and unexpected:
a personality quirkIt’s just one of the quirks of living there.
32. exploit (v.)
