cocky
とてもリズミカルな英文です。音読してみましょう。cockyは農民言葉だったものが、一般化され、「生意気な、気取っている、うぬぼれている」などの意味です。（ゼミ生 Pear）
Friday, Dec. 16, 2011
'Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol'
Action role at 49 not impossible after all
By KAORI SHOJI
Cocky, sexy, brilliant and incredibly fit young men don't stay that way forever, right? Gets especially difficult past the age of 40, wouldn't you say? But in the case of Ethan Hunt — the main man of the "Mission: Impossible" franchise and one of Tom Cruise's most successful performances - the impossible is: nothing. When the series first kicked off in 1996, Tom Cruise was 34. He is now 49, which means Ethan is about the age when hints about a retirement package at a gated community in Florida wouldn't be all that out of place. But as "Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol" demonstrates, he's not even thinking about it.
