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They were an essential kind of pants–jeans, naturally, blue but not that stiff, new blue that you see so often on the first day of school.

• stiff

堅い、固い、こわばった、ゴワゴワする

They were a soft, changeable blue with a little extra fading at the knees and the seat and white wavelets at the cuffs.

• changeable

変わりやすい、気まぐれの、移り気な

• fading

徐々に色あせる、消えていく

• seat

〔ズボンなどの〕しりの部分

• wavelet

小波、小さい波、さざ波

I guess a thrift shop is like the pound in some ways.

• thrift shop

リサイクルショップ、中古品店、古道具屋、古物商

Our pants weren’t like the neurotic puppy whose parents left it alone, barking itself hoarse from morning till night.

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2.You Must never double-cuff the Pants. It’s tacky.

• double-cuff

(cuff)そで口、ズボンのすその折り返し

• tacky

ださい、ぼろい、安っぽい

3.You must never say the word “phat” while wearing the Pants.

• phat

(俗)とても良い、いかした、カッコいい

You may scratch casually at your nostril.

• nostril

鼻孔

8.You must pass the Pants along to your Sisters according to the specifications set down by the Sisterhood.

• specification

仕様(書)、規格

Failure to comply will result in a severe spanking upon our reunion.

• comply

(要求、命令などに)従う、応じる

• spank

(罰として)たたく

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Brashares takes the two and creates a breezy, feel-good book.

• breezy

○そよ風の吹く、すがすがしい
快活な、陽気な◆人の性格が
（話題などが堅苦しくなくて）軽い、内容のない［に欠ける］

A page-turning story driven by four beautifully interwoven voices…

• page-turning

(page-turner)読み出したらやめられない本［小説］、息もつけないほど面白い本［小説］、読まないではいられない本［小説］

• interweave

織り交ぜる［合わせる・込む］

A tribute to friendship that’s true to the emotional tumult of adolescence and pure to the notion that the only way to travel is with friends.

• tribute

賛辞、感謝のしるし

• tumult

大騒ぎ、騒々しさ、騒動、わめき声
混乱、暴動
○心の乱れ、動揺

Unabashedly captures the essence of girl power.

• unabashedly

恥ずかしがらずに

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