（公開）5月29日（月曜日）English Live Lesson

（公開）5月29日（月曜日）English Live Lesson

1. 日焼け

I got a suntan.   I got a sunburn. 

I got suntanned.   I got sunburned.

I got a sunburn. 

I got sunburned.

Did you get some sun?   

You look like you got some sun. 

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I went to the zoo. 

X I went to a zoo. 

I went to the zoo. 

purpose > place

I went to a restaurant.

a) I went to a supermarket.    

b) I went to the supermarket. 

the bank, the convenience store, the post office, the supermarket

A saw a dog. The dog was black. 

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Animal idioms. 

1. It was a zoo today at work. = crazy busy

2. A tiger never changes its stripes.  = A leopard cannot change his spots. = People don’t change. 

3. The/An 800 pound gorilla.  = a very powerful person/company/country.

4. The elephant in the room = the big topic that nobody wants to talk about 

I hate to bring up the elephant in the room, but how are you doing Susan? I mean you know with your divorce. 

5. Hold your horses. = Wait! Don’t act yet. 

6. Let sleeping dogs lie. = Don’t talk about past problems.