(会員）2015年11月24日（火曜日）英会話ライブレッスン

(会員）2015年11月24日（火曜日）英会話ライブレッスン

1. Putin calls plane's downing by Turkey 'stab in the back'

He stabbed in the back. = He betrayed me.

He is a back-stabber. 

He is a double-crosser.  

He double-crossed me.

Turkey shot down a Russian warplane. 

2. Abe wants to keep revenue loss from tax reduction to less than ¥400 billion

revenue = profit

tax reduction = 減税、税金の引き下げ

3. Man with bag, pack seen on security camera near Yasukuni restroom blast site

Someone set off a bomb in a Yasukuni bathroom.

Someone detonated a bomb in a Yasukuni bathroom.

blast = explosion

I had a blast (=great time)

4. Hyogo assembly member who suffered news conference breakdown doesn’t show up for fraud trialinfamous = notorious 

an assemblyman = local assemblyman 地方議会議員         town assemblyman 町会議員

fraud = 詐欺 

a trial = 裁判 

He had a breakdown. 

He gained Internet notoriety.

He is mentally unstable. 

He swindled the government.

5. Japanese woman feared murdered, buried in Bangladesh

Example: He has been missing for a year and is feared dead.

I am scared of sharks. = I am afraid of sharks. = I fear sharks.  (more formal)

Different feeling/use: Someone is feared dead. 

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(会員）2015年11月18日（木曜日）英会話ライブレッスン

(会員）2015年11月18日（木曜日）英会話ライブレッスン

The landing page was different.

1. Many police attack one place = a raid, or a police raid.

2. if your plane changes direction = your plane was diverted

3. another word for confident = assertive

4. if you don’t do what the judge tells you to you will be held in… contempt of court

5. an upset = when the weaker member/team wins
What an upset!
This fight was the biggest upset of the year!

6. MMA = mixed martial arts  
a fighting style that includes everything: judo, boxing, wrestling, kick boxing

7. I don't follow MMA.

8. a legend:
In the MMA world, Ronda Rousey was a legend.

9. unbeatable
Everyone thought Ronda was unbeatable.

10. to throw in the towel: 
He decided to throw in the towel.

11. to show sb the ropes = to teach a new person how to do things 
Can you show me the ropes?  
Thanks for showing me the ropes.

12. to hit below the belt = to attack sb in an unfair way
That was below the belt.

13. to have sb on the ropes = to be winning a fight
Samsung has Sony on the ropes.

14. to be saved by the bell = to suddenly get a rest especially when you are losing
 I was saved by the bell.

15. to roll with the punches
You just have to roll with the punches.

(会員）2015年11月18日（水曜日）英会話ライブレッスン

(会員）2015年11月18日（水曜日）英会話ライブレッスン
2 terrorist suspects killed, 7 held after raid in Saint-Denis, officials say
容疑者 = a suspect
a raid = a police attack on a place, 警察の手入れ
the officials = 当局者

a suicide bomber

Two US-to-Paris Air France flights diverted due to threats
to divert = to change direction

divert someone's attention =（人）の気を散らす、注意をそらす

The flight was diverted.

Obama turns up heat again on China's assertiveness in South China Sea

assertive personality  = 我の強い性格

to turn up the heat = to increase pressure
an idiot, a moron, an imbecile
held = arrested, to hold = to arrest
Who has custody of the child?
custody = 〔親が離婚・別居・死去した後の〕子どもの養育権、親権、後見
take custody of   =   ～を保管する、～を預かっておく
Australian court fines Japanese whaling company $1 mil for contempt
to fine sb = to make sb pay money for breaking the law
a whaling company = 捕鯨会社
contempt of court = 法廷侮辱（罪）
The judge cited him for contempt of court.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouABR1_N4Ig
Man uses "F-word".  He curses judge and gets 364 days in jail for contempt

f-word = fuck
to curse = to say a bad word
a curse word = a bad word, like fuck, shit, asshole
Australia’s exclusive economic zone,

Wednesday 11pm Lesson! Let's study MEAN jokes! - Part 2

Wednesday 11pm Lesson! Let's study MEAN jokes! - Part 2

Anthony Jeselnik

He is the flavor of the week. 

a one-trick pony = 一発芸人

http://tinyurl.com/meanjokes

10. a newborn = a new baby

adorable > cute

to refuse = 断る

She refused to let me hold the baby.

Like + sentence  = the opposite of the original sentence

Like I can afford a Ferrari. = I cannot afford a Ferrarri. 

Like I would know. = There is no reason I would know that. 

Like I’m some kind of idiot. = I’m not an idiot.

11. Whenever I ~, the first thing I ~ is ~.

Whenever I go to work, the first thing I do is make coffee. 

What's the first thing you do when you go home?

11b: My friends say that women must hate my show. 

And my answer to that is: SMART women do not hate my show. . . Smart women don’t come to my show. 

14. That’s practically. = It’s very cheap. 

I need to have my son inoculated.

Sunday Night Lesson! 11pm! Let's study MEAN jokes!

Sunday Night Lesson! 11pm! Let's study MEAN jokes!

I hit some traffic on the way home.

It suddenly hit me. = I suddenly had an idea.
For this class I used a page about Anthony Jeselnik
http://thoughtcatalog.com/derek-marshall/2013/11/20-seriously-dark-anthony-jeselnik-jokes-thatll-twist-your-brain-sideways/
or you can type this:
http://tinyurl.com/meanjokes

In stand-up comedy, delivery is everything.

the punchline = オチ

a huge racist = very racist

a letdown = a disappointment

a hit-and-run = ひき逃げ

She has to have both of her breasts removed. = She has cancer.

I’m having a hard time at work.

an atheist = sb who doesn’t believe in God.

IT IS FRIDAY NIGHT! STUDY TIME! 11pm

Nico - Nov. 6 2015

His legs are wobbly.

I could use ... 

I could use a beer. 

Q: Hey, you wanna a beer?   

A: Oh, yeah. I could use a beer.  

You could do with a haircut.

Pattern: You could do with a NOUN.

You could do with a bath/shower. 

I could do with some sleep. 

A: Hey, you look exhausted!  

B: Yeah, I could do with some sleep.

I’m not cut out for politics. 

I’m not cut out to be a politician.   

politics  /  politician 

I'm not cut out for sports.

I’m not cut out to be a professional athlete. 

I have a big speech to make tomorrow. Please wish me good luck. 

Break a leg. = Good luck.

What do you ask someone if they fall down? 

A: FALLS DOWN.

B: Are you OK? 

A: I’ll be OK / all right. 

Don't worry. You'll be OK. 

I take after my father.   

I look like my father. 

I look like my mother, but I take after my father. 

interesting < intriguing 

ENGLISH CLASS TIME! THURSDAY NIGHT! JOIN ME!

ENGLISH CLASS TIME! THURSDAY NIGHT! JOIN ME!

ENGLISH CLASS TIME! THURSDAY NIGHT! JOIN ME!

1. indifference = no caring

2. indecision = not being able decide.

3. Japan is infamous for not being able to say, “no”.

4. Japan is infamous for pedophilia. 

He's a pedophile / pederast.

5. ped = a) foot, b) child

a1) a pedal  

a2) a pedestrian  

a3) a Podiatrist  

a4) a pedicure 

http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/26288/is-there-a-semantic-difference-between-pedophile-and-pederast

b1) a pedophile / a pederast

b2) a pediatrician 

6. People do not make a distinction between the ages. 

7. a gray area

8. compensation = 損失などを埋める〕補償［賠償］金、代償

9. a controversy = 議論を呼ぶこと

(会員）2015年 10月27日（火曜日）英会話ライブレッスン - vocabulary builder

Oct. 27, 2015

I'm asleep on my feet. 

I'm falling asleep on my feet.

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patient / patience

impatient / impatience

Idiom: I’m running out of patience.

I’m at the end of my rope.  

I’m at the end of my rope.  

I'm at my wit's end. 

I'm at the end of my wits.

Hold your horses. = Calm down. Don't be so impatient.

Keep your shirt on. = Calm down. Don't be so impatient.

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camouflage = to hide st by using a visual pattern

an omen = a sign — often superstitious 

That's a bad omen.   That’s a good omen.

That's a bad sign.   That’s a good sign.

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clockwise = following the direction of a clock

<—> counterclockwise = going in the opposite direction of the way a clock’s hands move

intuition = 感 (noun)

intuitive = easy to understand or operate without explicit instruction

The software is intuitive. 

This watch is not very intuitive. 

It’s counterintuitive. = It does not work in a logical way — or a way that you might expect.

counterintuitive【形】直観で分かるものではない、直観に反した