KOUKAI Oct. 29, 2012
1. Trick or treat.
to play a trick on sb
She played a trick on me.
to trick st = だます
She tricked me.
She fooled me.
She deceived me.
She cheated me.
2. to treat sb
I treated her to dinner.
It's my treat!
I’ll treat.
3. 手術
He performed a trick.
4. There’s a trick to Ving.
There’s a trick to opening this door.
5. It is traditional to carve out a pumpkin for
Halloween.
We carve a turkey.
6. He put on a costume for Halloween.
He got dressed up for Halloween.
to get dressed up = to put on formal clothes
I have a wedding tomorrow, so I have get dressed up?
Why are you dressed up?
7. It is also traditional to hand out candy on Halloween.
hand out candy/tissues
8. I am scared / afraid / frightened of ~.
I’m afraid I can’t.
I’m afraid I’m busy.
I’m terrified (of~).
I’m petrified (of~).
8. I am scared of snakes. = Snakes are scary.
I have a fear of snakes.
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1. I ~ him to death. shot
2. I ~ him to death. stabbed
3. I ~ him to death. choked/strangled
4. I held him under water until he died.= I drowned
him.
X When I was 7 years old I drowned.
When I was 7 years old I almost drowned.
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5. I was so scared I ~ my pants.
peed / wet / pooped / shit
I was scared shitless.
You scared the pants off of me!
6. Garlic is used to ward off Vampires.
7. You can kill a werewolf with a silver bullet.
- BLOOD IDIOMS! -
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8. He shot her in ~ blood.
9. He makes me so angry. He makes my blood boil.
10. I ~ blood for my family. = I work really hard for them.
sweat
11. I was so scared, my blood ~ cold.
ran
My blood runs/flows through my veins.
12. There is no point asking him for money. He has no
money.
And you know you can't get blood from a stone.
13. I like playing poker, but I can't afford to play
at that club.
They bet too much. It's too ~ for my blood.
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