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TORCHED

/tɔːrtʃt/B2

放火する (v. past)

口語で、場所や物に火をつけることを表します。このセリフの`THEY THINK I TORCHED MY OWN PLACE`は、彼が自分の店に放火したと疑われている、という意味です。語源:`torch`(たいまつ)。

"HOW DO YOU COUNT TO ONE?" "WHAT'S AIR?" [laughs]
THEY THINK I TORCHED MY OWN PLACE. YOU KNOW I WOULDN'T DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, RIGHT?
YEAH, OF COURSE. BUT CAN YOU THINK OF ANYBODY WHO MIGHT'VE DONE IT?