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text （携帯電話等で）メッセージを送る
send (someone) a text message

I texted the message to her.

糸くず　lint

short, fine fibres which separate from the surpace of cloth or yarn during processing.

A piece of lint is attached to your head.

紙くず　wastepaper

A wasterpaper is attached to your head.

遅く起きる sleep in、寝坊する wake up late、夜更かしする stay up late

I sleep in late on my day off.

I do not wake up late.

I stay up late before my day off.

starved (adjective) 非常に空腹な、腹ペコな

suffer or die or cause to suffer or die from hunger.

I am starved because I did not eat breakfast.

hangover (noun) 二日酔い
a severe headche or other after-effects caused by drinkin an excess of alcohol
a custom, habit, feeling, etc. that suvives from the past.

I do not like hangover.

crave ~を切望（渇望）する
feel a pwerful desire for (something)

I crave beaf bowl.

prevalence 流布、普及、流行

prevalent (adjuective) widespread in a particular area or at a particular time.

I do not know the prevalence of social networking site in Japan.

覇権を握る　hold supremacy, dominate ~

supremacy : the state of condition of being superior to all others in authority, power, or status.

The US holds supremacy in the world.

stigma 汚名、恥辱、不名誉

A mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person.

stigmatize <人>に（〜の）汚名を着せる
describe or regard as worthy of disgrace or great disapproval
mark with stigma

She stigmatized that woman as a prostitute.