noose 縛り首用の縄

noose は縛り首用の縄のこと。これは包囲網という意味でも使われ、tighten the noose on somebody のように使います。0:29 how do I know you're not standing on a chair with a noose around your neck? あんたがドアの向こうで、首に紐を巻きつけて椅子の上に立っていないって保障がどこにあるの？

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3sGD5PFRmI  1:00:08 as we began to tighten the noose on Escobar, things would get more violent.パブロ・エスコバルへの包囲網を狭めると、奴はより凶暴になると予測された。
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqedjjmQ7xo  1:23 would you mind putting a noose around your own neck?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKfN4o48Ogk  1:03 we're slowly tightening the noose on Gaddafi. われわれはカダフィ大佐への包囲網を狭めつつある。
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参考リンク
http://bridge-english.blogspot.jp/2010/01/blog-post_4652.html  財布の紐を英語でなんと言うか？

練習問題解答
a-1878 nooses
a-2075 noose around our necks
a-2614 noose
a-4355 the noose
a-9196 a noose
b-1765 the noose is tightening on
b-3230 russian noose around Bakhmut is tightening