Yumi wraps up her talk about buying two cars and the problem with buying insurance for teenage drivers.

KEY VOCABULARY:

更新(こうしん)する to renew; to update

代理店(だいりてん) agency

事(じ)情(じょう)circumstance; condition; situation

担当(たんとう) being in charge; being

曇(くも)った表(ひょう)情(じょう) worried/sad look on one’s face [曇(くも)った (cloudy); 表情(ひょうじょう) (facial expression; facial look)]

ため息 sigh [ため (collect; gather); 息 (breath)]

嫌(きら)う dislike; not to like

計算(けいさん)する to calculate; compute; to figure (out)

予(よ)想(そう)する to expect; to anticipate

仕方(しかた)ない  inevitable; having no (other) choice; unavoidable [仕方(しかた) (method; means); ない (not; no)]

年間(ねんかん) one year period; annually; annual

顎(あご)が外(はず)れそうになる one’s jaw drops [顎(あご) (jaw); 外(はず)れる(to unhinge; to come off); そうに(almost; nearly)]　＊Yumi made a mistake with this idiom: 顎が外れるis supposed to be used when laughing hard. However, this is often mistakenly used when shocked or surprised. She probably was thinking of the English idiom “jaw drop” which is used when shocked or surprised and not when laughing—the opposite of the Japanese idiom!

相談(そうだん)する to consult; to ask (someone) for advice

確率(かくりつ) likelihood; chances; probability

加(か)入(にゅう)する to join; to become a member

高齢者(こうれいしゃ) elderly people

かけ金(きん)  premium

なんとかなる to make (things) work one way or another; to manage somehow [なんとか (somehow; one way or another); なる(to result in; to turn out)]

心(こころ)がける to keep in mind; to try to; to aim to; to bear in mind    

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