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No, it wasn't a serious mishap! Check out what unfolded. That would be something you won't want to miss.

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英語(えいご)の学習者(がくしゅうしゃ)でもあります。I’m also an English language learner.

例文(れいぶん) example sentences

見比(みくら)べる to compare

読解問題(どっかいもんだい) reading comprehension

ツボにはまる literally means to get stuck in a pot

鍼(はり) acupuncture

お灸(きゅう) moxa cautery

ふと疑問(ぎもん)に思(おも)う that question occurs to me

口(くち)の狭(せま)い壺(つぼ) a narrow-necked pot

どうしても~する I can’t stop doing it

先(さき)ほど a while ago

代表的(だいひょうてき)な例(れい) typical example

笑(わら)いのツボにはまる to get stuck in sense of humour

笑(わら)わずにはいられない cannot stop oneself from laughing

ツボを押(お)さえているHe knows what lies at the heart of that matter

作戦(さくせん)が成功(せいこう)した The strategy succeeded.

相手(あいて)の作戦(さくせん)に乗(の)せられる to be taken in by the other side’s strategy

相手(あいて)の思(おも)う壺(つぼ)だよ  You would play into their hands.