Saturday, May 9, 2015

May 7 - English Live Lesson!

May 7 - English Live Lesson! 

a newbie = an inexperienced person especially with technology

I am a bit hamstrung.

I need to save money, so I’m trying to be ~.
thrifty
frugal

stingy (negative)

Don’t be stingy.

ケチ
He is stingy. He is a cheapskate.
He is cheap. He is tightfisted. 

He is miserly.
He is chintzy. 

He is a cheapskate. He is a tight-ass.  He is a tight wad. 


He is a penny-pincher. 

He likes to economize. 

お尻軽 = a slut 

slut shaming

a double standard

She is promiscuous. = She has a many lovers. 

The Avengers is a franchise. 
a sequel = the movie following a movie 

The Avengers franchise  is Paramount Picture’s cash cow. 

He’s a rainmaker.

The Avengers:  Age of Ultron is Paramount’s tent pole movie for 2015. 

holistic medicine = alternative medicine that treats spirit, mind, and body


<—> conventional medicine / mainstream medicine 

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