(会員）Fri Feb. 26 - Trumpについて
Flesch-Kincaid readability test,
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a39031/trump-fourth-grade-level/
to woo = to attract
woo new customers
新規の顧客を獲得［開拓］する
a businessman, a real estate mogul
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/donald-trumps-captain-underpants-campaign/2016/02/26/17749fa2-dc46-11e5-891a-4ed04f4213e8_story.html
an algorithm = a formula to solve a problem
I don't understand the appeal of ~.
an abyss = a big deep hole
a metaphor = 比喩
This was no anomaly.
anomaly【名】
1. 〔基準や規則から逸脱した〕例外、変則
2. 〔分類ができない〕特異、異様
Some noticed Trump’s peculiarly prosaic prose early in the campaign.
peculiarly = strangely
prosaic = opposite of poetic
lacking imaginativeness or originality
The Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level Index, measures sophistication by syllables per word and words per sentence.
Oh boy.”
“We love Nevada.”
“We will be celebrating for a long time tonight. Have a good time.”
“Soon the country is going to start winning, winning, winning.”
“Now we’re going to get greedy for the United States. We’re going to grab and grab and grab.”
“We’re going to bring in so much money and so much everything.”
“We’re going to build the wall. You know that. Going to build the wall.”
“You’re going to be proud of your president. And you’re going to be even prouder of your country. OK?”
http://www.reading-rewards.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/captain-underpants-badge.jpg
Friday, February 26, 2016
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
(会員) Wed Feb. 24, 2016 - Let's talk about HEALTH!
(会員) Wed Feb. 24, 2016 - Let's talk about HEALTH!
I caught cold. (OF)
I caught a cold. / I have a cold.
I have a fever/temperature.
I have diarrhea.
I am constipated.
I have constipation.
She is deaf.
She is as deaf as a post.
She is hard of hearing.
My eyes are bad.
I have bad eyesight.
I’m blind.
I’m as blind as a bat.
I’m having trouble hearing/seeing.
She is deaf / blind. = a real handicap
She is as deaf as a post. / He is as blind as a bat. = may not actually be handicapped
My hearing is going with age.
My eyesight is going with age.
My eyes are going bad with age.
I’m losing my hearing/eyesight as I older.
I’m losing my hearing with age.
I’m losing my eyesight with age.
Oh, it’s these eyes.
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Sense of Smell w/ Bryan Cranston
https://youtu.be/SNTe_VQOpSs
a skit/a sketch
He loses his sense of smell.
Thank you for your service.
Everyone feels free to fart around him.
A man at the party suspects he's lying.
I suspect you are lying. = I think you are lying.
I doubt you are lying. = I don’t think you are lying.
I caught cold. (OF)
I caught a cold. / I have a cold.
I have a fever/temperature.
I have diarrhea.
I am constipated.
I have constipation.
She is deaf.
She is as deaf as a post.
She is hard of hearing.
My eyes are bad.
I have bad eyesight.
I’m blind.
I’m as blind as a bat.
I’m having trouble hearing/seeing.
She is deaf / blind. = a real handicap
She is as deaf as a post. / He is as blind as a bat. = may not actually be handicapped
My hearing is going with age.
My eyesight is going with age.
My eyes are going bad with age.
I’m losing my hearing/eyesight as I older.
I’m losing my hearing with age.
I’m losing my eyesight with age.
Oh, it’s these eyes.
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Sense of Smell w/ Bryan Cranston
a skit/a sketch
He loses his sense of smell.
Thank you for your service.
Everyone feels free to fart around him.
A man at the party suspects he's lying.
I suspect you are lying. = I think you are lying.
I doubt you are lying. = I don’t think you are lying.
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
(公開) Tues. Feb. 23, 2016 - Mixed Bag & Review!
(公開) Tues. Feb. 23, 2016 - Mixed Bag & Review!
What do you do? = natural,
What’s your job? = too direct
What do you do for a living?
What do you do when you’re not watching baseball?
What do you do when you’re not going to baseball games?
What do you do when you’re not walking your dog?
What’s your day job?
How do you pay the bills?
Q: Do you like your job?
Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.
I hate it. / I love it.
I don’t love it. = probably don’t like it
I don’t hate it. = not bad
Q: Do you like your job?
It pays the bills., It’s a living.
I got sick. = I was a little under the weather.
吐き気 = I felt like throwing up.
I felt queasy.
I had nausea.
I felt nauseated.
I felt like throwing up.
I felt like vomiting.
I felt like puking.
vomiting, throwing up, puking, retching
I had a fever/temperature.
I was dizzy.
My head was spinning.
I got a little dizzy there.
I got a little dizzy just now.
下痢
I have diarrhea.
I have a bad case of diarrhea.
I have constipation.
I have a bad case of constipation.
I am constipated.
a pharmacy = 薬局
I have some stomach problems.
What do you do? = natural,
What’s your job? = too direct
What do you do for a living?
What do you do when you’re not watching baseball?
What do you do when you’re not going to baseball games?
What do you do when you’re not walking your dog?
What’s your day job?
How do you pay the bills?
Q: Do you like your job?
Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.
I hate it. / I love it.
I don’t love it. = probably don’t like it
I don’t hate it. = not bad
Q: Do you like your job?
It pays the bills., It’s a living.
I got sick. = I was a little under the weather.
吐き気 = I felt like throwing up.
I felt queasy.
I had nausea.
I felt nauseated.
I felt like throwing up.
I felt like vomiting.
I felt like puking.
vomiting, throwing up, puking, retching
I had a fever/temperature.
I was dizzy.
My head was spinning.
I got a little dizzy there.
I got a little dizzy just now.
下痢
I have diarrhea.
I have a bad case of diarrhea.
I have constipation.
I have a bad case of constipation.
I am constipated.
a pharmacy = 薬局
I have some stomach problems.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
(会員) Tues. Feb. 16, 2016 - Mixed Bag & Review!
(会員) Tues. Feb. 16, 2016 - Mixed Bag & Review!
1. murder = to kill sb
2. to stab sb to death = 刺す
3. to choke sb to death=首を絞める
I choked him. = He may live.
4. to bludgeon to death = to hit sb with a blunt object until they die
5. You murdered them. = a) kill, b) you made them laugh
You killed them. = made them laugh
I killed/murdered it. = I was very successful.
6. Does TV Rot Your Brain
The apple is rotten.
I had a rotten day. = bad day
He is rotten teacher.
athlete's foot = 水虫
7. connection:
There is a connection between A and B.
There is a link between A and B.
Scientists have found a link between TV viewing and antisocial behavior.
Scientists have linked TV viewing to antisocial behavior.
antisocial behavior = 反社会的な行為
Scientists have linked TV viewing to antisocial behavior, lowered verbal IQ and altered brain structure.
an after-party
Kanye West bragged that he made Taylor Swift "famous" on his new album.
"There are going to be people along the way that will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame."
to undercut sb = 能力を弱める
He says he is 53 million dollars in debt.
Kanye West has been humbled.
Taylor Swift humbled him.
I have been humbled.
Monday, February 15, 2016
(会員) Fri, Feb. 12, 2016 - MIXED BAG!
(会員) Fri, Feb. 12, 2016 - MIXED BAG!
1. 今日はちょっと調子悪い。
I’m a little under the weather.
I’m a little off.
2. 朝飯前 = That’s a piece of cake.
3. What time is it? = Do you have the time?
4. お似合い! = That hat is you!
5. あなたのお父さんはどういう人ですか？
What is your father like?
6. A: Did you sleep well?
B: Yes, I slept like a baby/log.
7. 円周=circumference
8. 直径 = diameter
9. 半径 = radius
NEWS
10. Candidates are campaigning for president.
11. Sanders is running against Clinton.
12. Sanders and Clinton are neck and neck.
13. Sanders and Clinton are in a dead heat.
14. In Iowa Clinton won by a nose.
———————
15. He is creepy. 虫酸が走る
16. He is a creep.
17. That music gives me the creeps. =
18. That music creeps me out.
19. I’m stressed (out).
20. That makes my skin crawl.
21. Teen who killed 5 family members to be sentenced as a juvenile
22. The judge sentenced him. = The judge passed down the punishment
23. a juvenile <—> an adult
24. a constituent = a voter
25. a constituency = the group of people who voted for someone.
Thursday, February 11, 2016
(会員) Thurs, Feb. 12, 2016 - MORE Movie English (Actually Feb. 11)
(会員) Thurs, Feb. 12, 2016 - MORE Movie English
http://tinyurl.com/2015moviequotes
No. 7. Daddy's gotta go to work.
Daddy has got to go to work. = Daddy has to got work.
No. 8.
Just when you think it can't get any worse you run out of cigarettes.
Q: How are you?
A: (It) could be better. / (It) could be worse.
A2: Things couldn’t be worse.
Just when you think things couldn’t get worse.
Just when I thought you couldn’t get any more beautiful.
Just when I thought I couldn’t do anything stupider.
No. 9: "Baskin-Robbins always finds out."
Gregg Turkington delivered one of the year's greatest lines, inspiring more memes than you could shake an ant-sized stick at.
Gregg Turkington delivered one of the year's greatest lines.
This line inspired more memes than you could shake a stick at.
a meme = a popular Internet joke.
more ~ than you can shake a stick at
No. 10. “It's not bro time. It's show time.”
No. 11: "Popularity is the slutty little cousin of prestige."
She is a slut. = She has sex with men easily.
sluttily = adverb, like a slut
slutty = adjective, like a slut
prestige = 敬意、尊敬
No. 12: "Not my tempo."
敬意、尊敬
http://tinyurl.com/2015moviequotes
No. 7. Daddy's gotta go to work.
Daddy has got to go to work. = Daddy has to got work.
No. 8.
Just when you think it can't get any worse you run out of cigarettes.
Q: How are you?
A: (It) could be better. / (It) could be worse.
A2: Things couldn’t be worse.
Just when you think things couldn’t get worse.
Just when I thought you couldn’t get any more beautiful.
Just when I thought I couldn’t do anything stupider.
No. 9: "Baskin-Robbins always finds out."
Gregg Turkington delivered one of the year's greatest lines, inspiring more memes than you could shake an ant-sized stick at.
Gregg Turkington delivered one of the year's greatest lines.
This line inspired more memes than you could shake a stick at.
a meme = a popular Internet joke.
more ~ than you can shake a stick at
No. 10. “It's not bro time. It's show time.”
No. 11: "Popularity is the slutty little cousin of prestige."
She is a slut. = She has sex with men easily.
sluttily = adverb, like a slut
slutty = adjective, like a slut
prestige = 敬意、尊敬
No. 12: "Not my tempo."
敬意、尊敬
Monday, February 8, 2016
(会員) Mon, Feb. 8, 2016 - Movie English
(会員) Mon, Feb. 8, 2016 - Movie English
http://tinyurl.com/2015moviequotes
Don’t leave me hanging, bro!
Hey, don’t leave me hanging!
a treasure trove = a rich area of st
to not be short on st = to have a lot of
He’s not short on excuses/charisma.
a daunting task = a difficutlt thing to do
best shot = best try
Nothing kills me. I'm immune to 179 different types of poison. I know because I ingested them all at once when I was deep undercover in an underground poison-ingesting crime ring.
Come to mama/papa.
"You get, hurt 'em back. You get killed, walk it off."
“I was about to have sex with my hitman!”
a hitman = a man you hire to kill sb
“What is that? I come her for a proper shootout! What you gonna do with that rollin’ pin? You gonna bake me a cake?”
proper = real, actual, good
"Daddy's gotta go to work."
http://tinyurl.com/2015moviequotes
Don’t leave me hanging, bro!
Hey, don’t leave me hanging!
a treasure trove = a rich area of st
to not be short on st = to have a lot of
He’s not short on excuses/charisma.
a daunting task = a difficutlt thing to do
best shot = best try
Nothing kills me. I'm immune to 179 different types of poison. I know because I ingested them all at once when I was deep undercover in an underground poison-ingesting crime ring.
Come to mama/papa.
"You get, hurt 'em back. You get killed, walk it off."
“I was about to have sex with my hitman!”
a hitman = a man you hire to kill sb
“What is that? I come her for a proper shootout! What you gonna do with that rollin’ pin? You gonna bake me a cake?”
proper = real, actual, good
"Daddy's gotta go to work."
Sunday, February 7, 2016
(会員) Fri, Feb. 7, 2016 - NEWS ROUNDUP!
(会員) Fri, Feb. 7, 2016 - NEWS ROUNDUP!
1. North Korea launched a missile.
2. North Korea is trying to keep up appearances.
3. an earthquake / a quake / a tremor
4. an aftershock = an earthquake that comes after the first earthquake
がれき = rubble
Rescuers in Taiwan pull out survivors from quake rubble
5. to spoof = to parody
Democrats: Bernie Sanders vs Hillary Clinton
Republican: Trump, Bush, Cruz, Rubio, Christie, Ben Carson
Larry David is spoofing Bernie Sanders
6. a parody = an imitation
He does a pretty funny Bernie Sanders impression.
SEARCH:
Bernie Sanders In ‘SNL’ Parody With Larry David - "Bern Your Enthusiasm"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFyYnPTZ8iI
SNL parody larry david bernie sanders "Bern Your Enthusiasm"
Can you do any impressions?
He does a good NAME impression.
7. High school student crusades against voter apathy
indifferent
apathetic
a crusade = a fight against st, to crusade = to fight against, a crusader = a fighter
Kiyohara was arrested for drug possession.
a slugger = a batter, a boxer, a boy
1. North Korea launched a missile.
2. North Korea is trying to keep up appearances.
3. an earthquake / a quake / a tremor
4. an aftershock = an earthquake that comes after the first earthquake
がれき = rubble
Rescuers in Taiwan pull out survivors from quake rubble
5. to spoof = to parody
Democrats: Bernie Sanders vs Hillary Clinton
Republican: Trump, Bush, Cruz, Rubio, Christie, Ben Carson
Larry David is spoofing Bernie Sanders
6. a parody = an imitation
He does a pretty funny Bernie Sanders impression.
SEARCH:
Bernie Sanders In ‘SNL’ Parody With Larry David - "Bern Your Enthusiasm"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFyYnPTZ8iI
SNL parody larry david bernie sanders "Bern Your Enthusiasm"
Can you do any impressions?
He does a good NAME impression.
7. High school student crusades against voter apathy
indifferent
apathetic
a crusade = a fight against st, to crusade = to fight against, a crusader = a fighter
Kiyohara was arrested for drug possession.
a slugger = a batter, a boxer, a boy
Friday, February 5, 2016
(会員) Fri, Feb. 5, 2016 - Shopping & Money Idioms
(会員) Fri, Feb. 5, 2016 - Shopping & Money Idioms
He had vaccinations.
He got vaccinated.
He’s been fussy all week.
The government imposed a negative interest rate.
They hope to stimulate the economy.
I dabble in stocks.
He has dabbled in politics.
I’ve dabbled in art.
I dabble in the stock market.
It’s cheap. = a) price is low, b) quality is low.
It's inexpensive. = The price is low.
You get what you pay for.
It’s unbelievably cheap. or It’s dirt cheap.
It’s expensive, but the quality is low. = It’s a rip-off.
He ripped me off. / I got ripped off.
What a rip!
It’s a good deal.
It’s a bargain.
It's a sale. / They are having a sale at Matsuzakaya.
I bought it on sale.
It was a bargain. = I paid a low price, and I’m happy.
It’s a reasonable price.
If you want to negotiate.
Could you give me a discount?
The price is $100.
Will / Would you take $80? How about $80.
It’s highway robbery. = It’s too expensive.
It’s a steal. = It’s very cheap.
I'm broke.
I’m flat broke.
I’m dead broke.
He had vaccinations.
He got vaccinated.
He’s been fussy all week.
The government imposed a negative interest rate.
They hope to stimulate the economy.
I dabble in stocks.
He has dabbled in politics.
I’ve dabbled in art.
I dabble in the stock market.
It’s cheap. = a) price is low, b) quality is low.
It's inexpensive. = The price is low.
You get what you pay for.
It’s unbelievably cheap. or It’s dirt cheap.
It’s expensive, but the quality is low. = It’s a rip-off.
He ripped me off. / I got ripped off.
What a rip!
It’s a good deal.
It’s a bargain.
It's a sale. / They are having a sale at Matsuzakaya.
I bought it on sale.
It was a bargain. = I paid a low price, and I’m happy.
It’s a reasonable price.
If you want to negotiate.
Could you give me a discount?
The price is $100.
Will / Would you take $80? How about $80.
It’s highway robbery. = It’s too expensive.
It’s a steal. = It’s very cheap.
I'm broke.
I’m flat broke.
I’m dead broke.
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