May 8, 2010 Nico Nico Douga Class.

First, someone in the class asked me,
“What is the difference between “even if”, “even though”, and “although”?
Here are some example sentences I talked about as I explained.
Even if it rains tomorrow I am still going jogging.
Even if you are an alien I still love you.
Even if you lied to me I still love you.
Even if you lied to me I would still love you.

Even though you lied to me I still love you.
Even though you lied to me I would still love you.
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Today we talked about Daily Idioms. Translate the following into English or fill in the blanks.
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1. おひさしぶり！

2. I missed your birthday!

3. What are the 6 meanings of HOT!

4. That was easy.=That was a piece of ~.

5. That was as easy as ~.

6. That was easy! = No ~.
Hint: liquid!

7. That’s an easy decision.=That’s a no 〜.

8. That was easy!=That was a ~.
Hint: nature

9.　 That was easy to do.=That was a ~ in the ~.

10. It’s not difficult!=It’s not ~ science!

11. beer=

12. 6 beers in a set=

13. cup of coffee

14. champagne=

15. credit card=

16. money=
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Answers

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1. Long time no see!
2. Happy Belated Birthday!
3. a) temperature, b) sexy, c) popular, d) stolen, e) close, f) spicy
4. cake
5. pie
6. No sweat!=No problem!
7. That’s a no brainer.
8. That was a breeze!=That was easy to do!
9. That was a walk in the park.
10. It’s not rocket science!
11.a brewsky
12. a six pack
13. a cup of joe
Example: Fancy a cup of joe?
14. bubbly
15. plastic
16. bread, moolah, dough, green, cash, greenback, cold hard cash