Nico Oct 18 2013
1. How much was it?
2. How much did it cost?
X The cost was expensive.
O The cost was $10.
OO It was $10.
3. What was the price? (Not natural)
4. How much did it cost you?
5. How much did it set you back? (Only use this with expensive things.)
How much did they set you back?
6. That was expensive.
7. The price was pretty steep.
Art school tuition is pretty steep.
Plane fare is steep.
8. That looks expensive.
9. That looks like it set you back a pretty penny.
=That looks like it was expensive.
10. A penny for your thoughts?
11. That guy is like a bad penny.
12. A penny saved is a penny earned.
一銭の節約は一銭のもうけ。／ちりも積もれば山となる。◆ことわざ
13 nickel-and-dime = cheap, low quality, very average or ordinary
14. a dime a dozen = common, not special
Guys like him are a dime a dozen.
15. stop on a dime = use for cars or other vehicles, able to stop suddenly
The new Toyota will stop on a dime.
16. turn on a dime = use for cars or other vehicles, able to turn quickly
The new Toyota will turn on a dime.
Friday, October 18, 2013
(会員）２０１３年１０月17日 英会話ライブレッスン Vocabulary Boost
(会員）２０１３年１０月17日 英会話ライブレッスン Vocabulary Boost
1. a substantial woman
2. normal, usual, average
I'm of average height.
3. a benefactor
4. a widow
a widower
5. 誓う、誓い
promise, swear, vow, pledge, make an oath/ swear an oath
6. to happen at the same time = to coincide (動詞)
My birthday coincides with this year's Halloween party.
a coincidence = 名詞
7. 必死 I am desperate.
I am desperate to verb.
I am desperate for noun.
8. evident = 形容詞 easy to see
What's the difference between "proof" and "evidence?"
Related: evidence = uncountable noun
The police is piecing together the evidence.
a witness = 目撃者
gun powder residue
9. a criminal = an outlaw
10. 頑固な = stubborn
11. persistent しつこい
12. obstinate = 頑固な
1. a substantial woman
2. normal, usual, average
I'm of average height.
3. a benefactor
4. a widow
a widower
5. 誓う、誓い
promise, swear, vow, pledge, make an oath/ swear an oath
6. to happen at the same time = to coincide (動詞)
My birthday coincides with this year's Halloween party.
a coincidence = 名詞
7. 必死 I am desperate.
I am desperate to verb.
I am desperate for noun.
8. evident = 形容詞 easy to see
What's the difference between "proof" and "evidence?"
Related: evidence = uncountable noun
The police is piecing together the evidence.
a witness = 目撃者
gun powder residue
9. a criminal = an outlaw
10. 頑固な = stubborn
11. persistent しつこい
12. obstinate = 頑固な
(会員）２０１３年１０月14日 英会話ライブレッスン Undecided Topid Mixed Levels
(会員）２０１３年１０月14日 英会話ライブレッスン Undecided Topid Mixed Levels
1. He is racist.
3. He is ageist.
Someone who discriminates against people based
on their age is called?
4. a bigot
bigoted opinion
5. ~ が痛い！
=My ~ hurts!
My stomach hurts.
I hurt my ~.
6. BETH'S aches
My head hurts. = I have a headache.
I have a backache.
I have an earache.
I have a toothache.
I have a headache.
I have a stomachache.
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7. I'm in pain.
Are you in pain?
8. デモ
He took part in a protest.
9. ほめる
He complimented me.
10. Those glasses look good on you.
Those glasses compliment your face.
Those glasses go with your eyes.
White wine goes with fish.
Red wine goes with steak.
11. He is muscular.
He is buff.
He is buff.
He is built.
He is ripped.
He is very defined.
His arms are very defined.
He has well-developed leg muscles.
He is cut.
He has a 6 pack.
12. Something I hate must not have agreed with me.
"to agree" in this case means it did not "fit" your
stomach so you got sick.
(会員）２０１３年１０月13日 英会話ライブレッスン Random Mixed
(会員）２０１３年１０月13日 英会話ライブレッスン Random Mixed
How is your weekend so far?
to sneak = to move secretly
to sneak into a place
He snuck into the house.
to sneak onto st
He snuck onto the field.
He snuck onto the military base.
He snuck some cookies into the classroom.
He snuck his cellphone into the theater.
He snuck into the house through an unlocked window.
映画の脚本 movie script
脚本家 a script writer
I feel sad.
upset = angry, sad, confused, shocked, frustrated
vague = 曖昧な
I've been feeling a little down lately.
I've been feeling a little blue lately.
I'm very sad. = I'm depressed.
He suffers from clinical depression.
He is clinically depressed.
He is being treated for depression.
He was devastated. (destroyed)
I was disappointed.
I thought the movie was going to be really good, but it wasn't. I was disappointed.
I was disappointed in Obama.
That's disappointing.
憂鬱 melancholy
gloomy
to mope around
Stop moping around.
mope around 元気なく動き回る、うじうじする
mope around too much 塞ぎ込んでばかりいる
mopes around the house 家に漂う暗い雰囲気
I'm feeling lethargic.
I have the summer doldrums.
He is suffering from fatique.
economic doldrums 経済不振
Japan is going through some economic doldrums.
経済不振
Why the long ~?
Why the long face?
I've been feeling down in the dumps.
emo
Sorry I was so emo.
Don't be so emo.
How is your weekend so far?
to sneak = to move secretly
to sneak into a place
He snuck into the house.
to sneak onto st
He snuck onto the field.
He snuck onto the military base.
He snuck some cookies into the classroom.
He snuck his cellphone into the theater.
He snuck into the house through an unlocked window.
映画の脚本 movie script
脚本家 a script writer
I feel sad.
upset = angry, sad, confused, shocked, frustrated
vague = 曖昧な
I've been feeling a little down lately.
I've been feeling a little blue lately.
I'm very sad. = I'm depressed.
He suffers from clinical depression.
He is clinically depressed.
He is being treated for depression.
He was devastated. (destroyed)
I was disappointed.
I thought the movie was going to be really good, but it wasn't. I was disappointed.
I was disappointed in Obama.
That's disappointing.
憂鬱 melancholy
gloomy
to mope around
Stop moping around.
mope around 元気なく動き回る、うじうじする
mope around too much 塞ぎ込んでばかりいる
mopes around the house 家に漂う暗い雰囲気
I'm feeling lethargic.
I have the summer doldrums.
He is suffering from fatique.
economic doldrums 経済不振
Japan is going through some economic doldrums.
経済不振
Why the long ~?
Why the long face?
I've been feeling down in the dumps.
emo
Sorry I was so emo.
Don't be so emo.
(会員）２０１３年１０月11日 英会話ライブレッスン Japanese News (初級-上級)
-->(会員）２０１３年１０月11日 英会話ライブレッスン Japanese News (初級-上級)
a crime 犯罪者
a witness 目撃者
He is technically
Japanese.
厳密に言えば［言うと］ technically speaking
He is a Filipino. He
is from the Philippines.
to ambush = 待ち伏せする
He was stalking her.
Then he fled. = He
ran away.
to flee = to run away
He is obviously
crazy.
明らかに、はっきりと、明白に、
どう見ても～だ、どこからどう見ても～だ
an oral warning
a verbal warning
An 86-year-old
motorist ran a stop sign and hit Uno.
He was stopped by
police for speeding.
He got a speeding
ticket.
He got a ticket for
speeding.
Jury rules Toyota not liable for death
of woman killed in accident in U.S.
liable 【形】 〔法的に〕責任がある、責任を負うべき、
financially liable
hold a company liable
会社の責任を認める
American casting for 'Hana Yori Dango' (Boys Over Flowers) TV series receives harsh Japanese criticism
skeptical懐疑的な、疑い深い、
—“Too many old dudes.”
Couldn’t they have at least picked a younger cast?”
put a new spin on ～に新たな解釈を加える
to kickstart a
project
Am I stuck up?
He calls himself a
genius all the time.
Monday, October 7, 2013
(会員）２０１３年１０月７日 英会話ライブレッスン News (中級〜上級）
(会員）２０１３年１０月７日 英会話ライブレッスン News (中級〜上級）
suicide
insecticide
pesticide
genocide
patricide
matricide
infanticide
fratricide
(A) lands (B) in hot water.
(A) gets (B) in trouble.
to implement st = to start a policy, law, rule
disputably inappropriate
The teacher ridiculed the students.
I am overworked.
I worked overtime.
I have to work overtime tomorrow.
He is eating crow.
I think he's bluffing.
I'm going to hit the sack.
I'm going to catch zzs.
I'm going to catch up on my sleep.
Friday, October 4, 2013
(会員) 英会話ライブレッスン 2013年10月4日（金）Halloween Vocabulary Booster MIXED
(会員) 英会話ライブレッスン 2013年10月4日（金）Halloween Vocabulary Booster MIXED
X Don't mind.
O Don't worry about it.
O Don't mind me.
1. grisly=ゾッとするような、身の毛もよだつ、不気味な
2. gruesome=〔死などが〕陰惨な、身の毛がよだつ
3. repugnant = distasteful, objectionable, or offensive: a repugnant smell.
4. gross=気持ち悪い、嫌な、ゾッとする
gross = disgusting
5. yucky = st that tastes bad
6. gnarly=1. cool, いかす、すごい、素晴らしい, 2. distasteful; distressing; offensive; gross:ぼろぼろの、不格好な, 3. dangerous 危険な、危ない、難しい
Those are some gnarly waves.
Halloween quiz:
7. Vampires sleep in ~.
caskets, coffins
8. Vampires can be killed by ~. sunlight
If they go outside in the sunlight they will burst into flames.
9. Vampires favorite place to bite is the ~.
neck
10. Vampires can be driven away with a cross.
11. If you sprinkle ~ on a vampire it will hurt him.
holy water
12. Wearing a necklace of ~ will protect you from a vampire.
garlic
13. What do vampires drink?
blood
14. A vampire has ~ in addition to regular teeth.
15. a werewolf = 狼男
16. How can you kill a werewolf?
a silver bullet
17. What do you call the park where you bury your friends and family?
a graveyard, a cemetery
18. What do you call a dead body?
a corpse
19. What do you call the dead body of an animal?
a carcass
20. What do you children wear on Halloween?
costumes
21. What do you call a person that has a demon inside him?
That person is possessed.
22. What do you call a house that has a ghost inside it?
It's a haunted house.
23. What do children carve on Halloween?
a pumpkin
24. jack-o-latern
25. What do you call a monster made of bones?
a skeleton
(会員) 英会話ライブレッスン 2013年10月02日（水）NEWS ENGLISH 中ー上級
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a mugging
He mugged me.
I was mugged.
I got mugged.
to rip st out of sb's hands
He ripped the bag out of my hands.
Two thugs chased a man on a road. The man was walking, and the thugs were on a moped.
The moped sped up in front of the man, and one of the thugs got out and blocked the man's way.
He blocked my way.
And then they ripped the bag out of his hands.
The government has shut down.
The Imperial Palace….
There has been a spate of problems with runners.
Please mind your manners.
I've never heard that before.
I often reprimand people who walk and smoke in Japan.
a dekopin = to flick sb in the forehead
Violence is not her forte.
Cooking is not my forte.
~ is not my strong suit.
(会員) 英会話ライブレッスン 2013年10月01日（火）Halloween Vocabulary Booster 初級
(会員) 英会話ライブレッスン 2013年10月01日（火）Halloween Vocabulary Booster 初級
1. scare
The black cat scared me.
2. I am scared of sharks.
2. I am scared of my wife.
3. Sharks are scary.
4. I am afraid of sharks. = I am scared of sharks.
5. I fear sharks. = I am scared of sharks.
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6. I'm afraid I can't.= I'm sorry, I can't.
GHOSTS!
7. Do you believe in ghosts?
Do you believe in God?
8. I think I can. = I believe I can.
9. I believe in you!
10. Believe in yourself!
★Question: What is the difference between A and B.
I believe you.= I think what you are saying is the truth.
I believe in you. = I think you can/will succeed.
I don't believe you. = I think you are lying.
11. I am not surprised. = I believe it.
12. I am very surprised. = I can't believe it.
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13. a ghost
14. a witch
15. a broom
16. a black cat
17. a male witch = a wizard
18. a wizard --> a wiz = an expert
He is a computer wiz.
He is a wiz in the kitchen.
He is a wiz with a knife.
He is a wiz with a camera.
I have to take a wiz. = I have to pee.
19. a pumpkin
20. a Jack-o-lantern
21. carve = 彫刻をする
22. Trick or treat!
23. I'll treat you! = I will pay for coffee, dinner, etc.
I'll treat you to dinner.
24. It's my treat!
25. How are they treating you?
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