(会員) June 9, 2017 - Friday Night Lesson 11pm - Mixed & Random

(会員) June 9, 2017 - Friday Night Lesson 11pm - Mixed & Random

What are the differences between see, watch, and look?

決まり文句 = set phrases

1. A: See you later.   
    B: Not if I see you first.

2. You look like death warmed over.

3. If it looks like a duck, and walks like a duck, it’s probably a duck. = Something is probably what it looks like. = If it looks like X, then it’s probably X. = それがアヒルのように見える、とアヒルのように歩き場合、それはおそらくアヒルです。
If it looks like something, then don't think too much. It's probably what it looks like.

4. A watched pot never boils. = 鍋を見ると沸騰することはありません。= 待つ身は長い

5.
A: See you later alligator.
B: After a while, crocodile.

6. I need to see a man about a horse/dog. = おトイレに行ってくる.
euphemism = a nice way to say st unpleasant

比喩 metaphor

7. Just watch me. = I can do it!

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8. Two cars had a small accident.
= They had a fender bender.
9. He totaled his car.
to total = to destroy st so much that it cannot be fixed

10. He can’t see. = He’s blind. = He is seeing/visually impaired. = He has seeing-challenged.
11. He can’t hear. = He’s deaf. = He is hearing impaired.