Thursday, September 2, 2010

Nico Nico Douga Sept. 2, 2010 Lesson - Intermediate - Advanced

Sept. 2, 2010
News Headlines:
Kan trades barbs with
Ozawa over money --
political problems
to trade barbs=to insult each other

Kobe eyes tattoo ban
at Suma beach after
marijuana case
to eye= to look at, to consider
to ban=to not allow, to prohibit

Video footage helps
acquit man of theft
charge after
prosecutors' gaffe
footage=film
to acquit=to show sb
to be not guilty
theft=stealing
a charge=a formal blame
a prosecutor=検事
a gaffe=a mistake

KANAZAWA-The Kanazawa
District Court on Sept. 1
acquitted a man who had
been charged with theft after
determining that he was a
different person from the
culprit caught on a
security camera.

a culprit=a criminal,
a perpetrator, a perp
a serveillence camera

Japanese to English:
ガブッと噛む
to take a bite out of
The monkey took
a bite out of her leg.
I took a big bite
out of the apple.

Vocabulary points:
to agree with st
I agree with you.
I can't agree with you.

to agree on st
We agreed on a book.

to agree to do st
I agreed to buy the dog.

to decide to = to make a decision
We decided to go to Hawaii.

to decide on = to choose
We decided on Hawaii.

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