（会員）Friday, June 27, 2014, 11pm - Vocabulary Builder

（会員）Friday, June 27, 2014, 11pm - Vocabulary Builder

1. I don’t have any money. Can I ….. some money?

2. You don’t have money? Would you like me to …. you some money?

3. Can I bum a cigarette off you? bum = ?
a) have, b) buy

4. I hate talking to him.  He is such a dull person. dull = ?
a) loud, b) boring, c) angry, d) stupid

5. The knife is dull.
NOTE: dull-witted = 頭の鈍い、物分かりの悪い

6. I’m embarrassed.

7. 恥知らずな He is shameless.


8. fare = for travel
airfare
bus fare
taxi fare
car fare

9. ex- = former

10. He died. = He passed away. = She lost her husband.

11. あの世に=He's in a better place now.

12. I’m kidding. = I’m joking.=I’m joshing. = I’m fucking with you. = I’m pulling your leg.

13. I put money into this business.

I invested in this business.

I invested money in stocks.

I invested a lot of time into this project.

14. He lent me a pen. = He loaned me a pen.

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1. borrow
2. lend
3. have
4. boring
5. not sharp

（会員）Tuesday, June 24, 2014, 11pm - Random English Lesson

（会員）Tuesday, June 24, 2014, 11pm - Random English Lesson
1. a) need=必要, b) knead

2. He is a monster. = He is a terrible person. = He is an abomination.
That house is an abomination.

3. オタク＝ださい奴= a nerd=a dork=a geek

4. Out of the frying pan and into the fire.

5. きっと = must (verb)
You must be tired!=I bet you are tired.

6. You bet + sentence.
Q: Do you like dogs? A: You bet I do.
Q: Can you swim? A: You bet I can.
Q: Have you ever been to Kyoto? A: You bet I have.


7. That's what I'm talking about. = That’s great!

8. I'm nervous. = I have butterflies in my stomach.

9. Please explain that.  = What's up with that?
What's up with your glasses?

10. Does it hurt?  Are you in pain?

(会員）Monday, June 23, 2014, 11pm - Sexual Harassment

(会員）Monday, June 23, 2014, 11pm - Sexual Harassment

sexual harassment 
power harassment
sexual discrimination,  
gender discrimination 

What is sexual harassment? 
Forcing others to do something sexual or allowing inappropriate behavor for your own reason.

I can't define it, but I know it when I see it.

Sexual harassment is considered a type of abuse.

虐待 abuse or 使用すること

child abuse
sexual abuse

He sexually abused her. 

He made unwanted advances on her. 

She accused him of making sexual advances on her.

~ constitues sexual advances.


Whether something is sexual harassment or not depends on the person. 

Accusation of sexual harassment have gone up.

equality 【名】 平等、等しいこと、同等
We want racial equality.

We want gender equality. 

I don’t think he’s sexist. I think he’s just stupid.


He is clueless.

He is clueless.

He said he would resign as an assemblyman.

That is an example of an inequality.

That’s not fair.

She sued her boss for sexual harassment. 
訴える

She filed a lawsuit.

He is sexist.


He is a male chauvinst pig.

（会員）Thursday, June 19, 2014, 11pm - Life Quotes

 （会員）Thursday, June 19, 2014, 11pm - Life Quotes 

1. Albert Einstein: I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.
curious = 好奇心がある
passionately curious = extremely/very curious

2. C. JoyBell C.: Don't be afraid of your fears. They're not there to scare you. They're there to let you know that something is worth it.

3. Arne Garborg: To love a person is to learn the song that is in their heart and to sing it to them when they have forgotten.

4. H. Jackson Brown Jr.: Live and learn and pass it on.

5. C. JoyBell C.

6. You can't have your cake and eat it too.

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7. I don’t regret the things I’ve done. I regret the things I didn’t do when I had the chance.

8. Good things come to those who wait… greater things come to those who get off their ass and do anything to make it happen.

Get off your ass! = Stop being lazy!

9. Life is like photography. You need the negatives to develop.

10. Walk away from anything or anyone who takes away from your joy. Life is too short to put up with fools.
He is too short to play basketball.
He is too dumb to play understand that speech.

11. Larry Winget: Nobody ever wrote down a plan to be broke, fat, lazy, or stupid. Those things are what happen when you don’t have a plan.

12. Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. It means that you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.

look beyond = look past
an imperfection = a flaw = 欠点

（会員）Wed, June 18, 2014, 11pm - Telephone English

（会員）Wed, June 18, 2014, 11pm - Telephone English

This is Victor.

It’s Victor.

Hello, Victor speaking. 

Hello, Boggio residence. 

Hi, I’m calling to…    

Hi, I’m calling about…

Hi, I’m calling to inquire about the job.   

Hi, I’m calling about the job. 

Hi, I’m calling to ask about ….

I’m calling from…

Hello, thank for calling for COMPANY NAME.

Hello, thank for calling for Action! Language Academy!

May I have your name, please?

May I ask who's calling?

Hold, please.  

Hold the line, please.  

Could you hold on, please.   

Please hold.  

Just a moment.   

Just a minute. 

Could you hold the line a moment? 

Could you spell that, please? 

He’s not in at the moment. 

I’m sorry, but he’s away from his desk at the moment. 

I’m sorry, but he just stepped out.

I’m sorry, but I have to take this. 

今いいですか？　Can you talk? or  Is this a bad time?

It sounds like the connection is bad. Let me call you back.

It looks like the reception is bad right now.  Let me call you back. 

I’m a little busy right now. Can I call you back?

I'm sorry, but could you speak up?

I'm sorry, but could you speak a little slower?

Sorry, I called you by accident.  

Sorry, I didn’t mean to call you.

“butt dial”  or  “ass dial”

Hey! You butt-dialed last night! 

Hey! You ass-dialed last night! 

Can I leave a message? 

Would you like to leave a message?

会員）Sunday, June 15, 2014, 11pm - Talking about 詐欺

会員）Sunday, June 15, 2014, 11pm - Talking about 詐欺

1. My condolences to Japan! = ご愁傷様でした。

2. It ain’t over till the fat lady sings.

3. 詐欺 = fraud

4. 詐欺罪を犯している = guilty of fraud

5. guilty of《be ～》～の罪を犯している、～で有罪である

6. find someone guilty of murder =（人）に殺人罪を宣告する
He was found guilty of fraud.
found guilty of fraud
《be ～》詐欺で有罪になる

7. 詐欺師 = a swindler
詐欺師 = a con artist, a con man, a confidence man

8. 詐欺 = fraud = a con = a scam
NOT SO COMMON: a swindle, a rip-off, a hustle


9. a long con = fraud that takes a long time to make money on

10. a short con = fraud that takes a short time to make money on

11. deceive, cheat, trick = 騙す

12. to commit fraud = commit a fraud
詐欺［不正行為］を働く

13. クレジットカード詐欺 credit card fraud

14. under false pretenses = 偽って、偽りの口実を設けて

He was able to gain access to the safe under false pretenses.

15. acting in bad faith  誠意のない行動をすること

16. Someone broke into my car and ripped me off.
Someone ripped off my camera.

17. too expensive = that's a rip-off

18. He ripped off my idea.

19. bribe = 賄賂
He gave me a bribe. (NOUN)
He bribed the police officer. (VERB)

20.  graft = 収賄

21. I got fleeced. = I got scammed. = I got ripped-off.

（会員）Friday, June 13, 2014, 11pm - Talking about fighting

（会員）Friday, June 13, 2014, 11pm - Talking about fighting


1. You had to do that, didn’t you?
1. You had to ~, didn’t you?
You had to bring your dog to school, didn’t you?

2. I lost my temper. = I blew my top. =
I snapped. = I lost it. = I went postal.

3. That guy really gets me angry. = He really gets my ~.

4. He irritates me. = He gets on my nerve.
He is getting on my last nerve. 

5. to go postal = to go ballistic = to really get angry

6. He is looking for a fight.
Are you looking for a fight?
I’m not looking for a fight.

7. to bait sb
He’s baiting you.

8. to push sb’s buttons = to purposely do st to annoy them
He’s just pushing your buttons.

9. to fight cancer

10. to fight City Hall

11.  to fight tooth and nail = to fight with all your energy
He fought tooth and nail for his job.

12. He is fighting the good fight.

13. Keep fighting the good fight.

14. to fight like cats and dogs
My brother and I would fight like cats and dogs.

15. to fight OVER st
We fought over toys. 
We fought over money.
We fought over girls.

16. to pick a fight = けんかを売る

17, a verbal fight = an argument, a dispute, a disagreement
18. a physical fight = a physical altercation, a brawl, a fistfight

19.  knock-down, drag-out fight 長く激しい戦い、容赦ない争い、徹底的な論争

20. a spat = a small disagreement

21. lover's spat 痴話げんか lovers' spat 恋人同士のちょっとした不仲［けんか］

Monday, June 9, 2014 - Random vocabulary - all levels

Monday, June 9, 2014 - Random vocabulary - all levels

to get on = to board

to be aboard

to get on

She boarded the airplane an hour ago. She's aboard now.

She put on her hat. She is wearing her hat.

2. to tempt: 誘惑する

She tempted me with her eyes.

He tempted me with money.

I was tempted to eat the cake. 

I was tempted to take the job.

That’s tempting, but no thank you.

That’s tempting. I’ll think about it.

temptation

It’s a temptation.

You should remove the temptation.

3. ache

I have a backache.  

I have an earache. 

I have a toothache. 

I have a headache. 

I have a stomachache.

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I have heartache.

My ~ aches. 

My ~ hurts.

4. wrestle

He wrestled Joe. 

I'm been wrestled with this decision for a long time.

I have been wrestling with the thought of leaving my husband.

I've been wrestling with my weight.

I've been wrestling with my anger.

5. wicked

〔人や行為などが〕ひどく悪い、不道徳な

He has a wicked sense of humor.

It's wicked cold.と～っても寒い！

6. mean:

a) 意地悪

b) 意味

c)He plays a mean guitar.

He makes a mean cup of coffee.

He irons a mean shirt.

7. a bunch =  a lot

I love you a bunch.

                                                                       

I have a bunch of things to do today.

He gave her a bunch of flowers.

I don't have a  bunch of time/money.

Friday, June 6, 2014 - Learning from my notes

Friday, June 6, 2014 - Learning from my notes

1. He has a ~ mouth.

2. The skin on my palms is ~.

3. 水膨れ blister

4. I can't go without sleeping for more than 24 hours.

We have no coffee. So you'll have to go without coffee.
to go without sleep 眠らずにいる

5. a dog's nose = ?

6. a dog's hand = ?

7. I ~ myself a bit of an expert on The Beatles.
I consider him to be an expert.
I consider him to be one of the best.

8. I feel a little ~ when I watch that show.

9. I am so nervous. I have ~ in my stomach.

10. He is a terrible person. He is awful. He is a monster. = He is an ~.

11. Let's call it a night.

















1. potty mouth, bad mouth, dirty mouth, 2. callused, calloused, 3. blister, 4. go without, 5. snout, 6. paw, 7. consider, 8.  guilty, 9. butterflies, 10. abomination

Thursday, June 5, 2014 - Talking about the news.

Thursday, June 5, 2014 - Talking about the news.

I’m sniffling.

It’s been hot and humid.

It’s been raining.
It’s been raining hard.
It’s been coming down. 
It was pouring. 
It’s pouring.

Parts of western Japan experience record rainfall
22 Japan Restoration Party members to join Ishihara's new party
a politcal party = 党
to join = planning to
Japan's fertility rate rises to 1.43 in 2013
出生率 = birth rate, fertility rate
There has been an increase in the number of women in their 30s and 40s giving birth.

1,029,800 children were born last year
1,268,432 individuals passed away in Japan last year

Japan is still shrinking!

Japan to ban possession of child porn, but manga, anime exempt

possession【名】    所有、所持、占有、所有権

expempt = 免れた、免除された
You are exempt. You don’t have to do it.
tax-exempt【名】    免税    免税証券

Stocks close flat

close = to finish

flat = a) no change, b) boring taste, c) boring, d) flat chested, e) very

I’m flat broke.
That is a flat out lie.

 flat-out lie《a ～》徹底した［真っ赤な］うそ

I ran flat-out. = all my energy

flat-out = 全速の、全力で進む

flat-out = 全速の、全力で進む

to dangle st in front of sb = to offer something to someone to tempt them








 

Monday, June 2, 2014 - Random Idioms

Monday, June 2, 2014 - Random Idioms

Happy by Pharrel Williams
SMAP did not sing.
He agreed to come onto the show and perform under one condition.

1.  under one condition =  ある条件下で

2. to butcher st = to destroy or ruin st
He butchered the song.
They would have butchered the song.

EASY / DIFFICULT IDIOMS
3. That’s a piece of cake. = That’s really easy.

4. That’s as easy as pie. = That’s really easy.

5. It’s a walk in the park. = That’s really easy.

6.  It's as easy as falling off a log. = That’s really easy.

7. It's like shooting fish in a barrel. = That’s really easy.

8. It’s a cakewalk. = That’s really easy.

9. It’s a breeze. = It’s really easy.

10. It’s a cinch. = It’s really easy.

11. It’s not rocket science.  = It’s really easy.

12. It’s a no brainer. = It’s an easy decision to make.

13. It was like stealing candy from a baby. = It was really easy to do.

14. Easy peasy. = It’s easy. 

15. No sweat. = Easy. 
It was no sweat. = It was easy.
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16. It was difficult. It was tough. It was hard. = It was not easy. = It was torture.
17. It was torture. =  It was Hell.  
18. It was a nightmare.
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19. It’s a pain in the neck. 
      It’s a pain in the butt.
      It’s a pain in the ass.
      It’s a pain in my ass.

20. He’s a lot of work.  = He’s difficult to deal with.