Thursday, November 5, 2015

(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


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