Movie「英会話」- Guardians of The Galaxy - Peter and the Broker

Movie「英会話」- Guardians of The Galaxy - Peter and the Broker

The video:
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/1522255173

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Guardians of the Galaxy - first meeting https://youtu.be/HZgn4S9-fWo
Yondu was commissioned to kidnap Peter.
誘拐する
orb
Yondu raised Peter to be a criminal.
Xandar = planet
This broker  is Xandarian.
Set phrases: What line of work are you in? = What’s your job?
Peter betrayed Yondu. 裏切った
「よろしく」って伝えて。= Send my regards/love. / Give him my regards.
Peter is a womanizer. = 女たらしい
平和条約 peace treaty
He is the best ~ in the business.
1. The Broker: Mr. Quill.
2. Peter Quill: Broker. The orb. [he holds out the orb and places it on the counter in front of the Broker] As commissioned.
3. The Broker: Where's Yondu?
4. Peter Quill: Wanted to be here, sends his love. And told me to tell you, that you got the best eyebrows in the business. [the Broker picks up the orb] What is it?
5. The Broker: It's my policy never to discuss my clients, or their needs.
6. Peter Quill: Yeah, well, I almost died getting it for you.
7. The Broker: An occupational hazard, I'm sure, in your line of work.
8. Peter Quill: Some machine-headed freak, working for a dude named Ronan. [the Broker suddenly looks afraid]
9. The Broker: Ronan? I'm sorry, Mr. Quill. I truly am. But I want no part of this transaction if Ronan is involved. [he gives the orb back to Peter and starts pushing him towards his shop door]
10. Peter Quill: Woah! Woah, woah, woah! Who's Ronan?
11. The Broker: A Kree fanatic, outraged by the peace treaty, who will not rest until Xandarian culture, my culture, is wiped from existence! [the Brokers starts pushing Peter again]
12. Peter Quill: Woah. Come on!
13. The Broker: He's someone whose bad side I'd rather not be on.
14. Peter Quill: What? What about my bad side? [the Broker opens his shop door and pushes Peter out]
to wipe st from existence = to basically erase st, to make st disappear in a violent way
He’s someone who’s bad side I’d rather not be on.
Idiom: to be on sb’s bad side = to be disliked by sb because of st you did
to be on sb’s good side = to be liked by sb because of st you did

Random Idiom Chain - Problems to unlucky! (会員）2月25日（日曜日）English Live Lesson 11pm

(会員）2月25日（日曜日）English Live Lesson 11pm

Random Idiom Chain

1. Don’t worry about him. His bark is worse than his bite.

2. He bit off more than he could chew. = He tried doing something he was not able to do.

3. My boss chewed me out. = My boss yelled at me because he was angry.

4. My boss bit my head off. = He really yelled at me — too much — because I made a mistake.

5. to be rained out = to be canceled because of rain
The baseball game got rained out.

6. S.O.L. = Shit Out of Luck = He is too unlucky and there is no more hope.

(会員）2月23日（金曜日）English Live Lesson 11pm

(会員）2月23日（金曜日）English Live Lesson 11pm

to have good sportsmanship

an opponent = 相手

an opposing team 

Don’t cheat. 

Don’t dope. = Don’t use banned substances.

He medalled in figure skating. 

He won/took gold in speed skating.

He is the most decorated Japanese Olympian.

Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympian in individual events.

He took home the Gold/Silver/Bronze. 

Hanyu is the reigning champion. 

Fernandez dethroned Hanyu. 

(公開）2018年２月２１日（水曜日）22:00 英会話ライブレッスン

I fell down the stairs.

I fell up the stairs. 

1. Let me ~

a) Let me see.  

request to do st 

b) Let me get a pen. 

Let me wash my hands first.

2. Could ~? 

a) Could I see that? 

b) Could you teach me English?

c) Could you come here?

d) Could you close the door?

3. Do you mind?  

a) いいですか？

b) ちょっとお願いしていい？

c) Stop that. / やめて。

4. 魚釣りに行ったことありますか？

Have you

Have you ever been fishing?

Have you ever gone to ~?

5. By what time can you be at work tomorrow?

6. Mind + noun/名詞 

Mind your (own)business!

Mind the road.

Mind your manners.

Mind your step.

Watch your step.

Watch + noun/名詞 

2018年2月20日（火曜日）23:00 英会話ライブレッスン Synonyms for “problem”

2018年2月20日（火曜日）23:00 英会話ライブレッスン

Synonyms for “problem”

a euphemism = a nice way to say st not so nice

1. an issue = a nice word for “problem”

Money is no problem/issue.  

Money is not an issue. 

There is the issue of money. 

Money is an issue. 

Money is always an issue. 

2. a glitch = a small problem that stops things from working right

There’s a bit of a glitch. 

3. a hitch = a problem, or something slows things down in a negative way

The party went off without a hitch. = smooth, no problem

Everything went without a hitch.

4. a snag = an unexpected problem  

We hit a bit of snag.

5. a setback = a problem that changes the direction of forward movement, st that stops you

We had a bit of a setback when the president of the company was injured in a car accident. 

6. a hiccup = a temporary or minor problem or setback.

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I have a problem remembering kanji. 

I have trouble remembering kanji. 

I have difficulty remembering kanji. 

7. SNAFU = big problem

situation normal all fucked up 

8. FUBAR = Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition

That was big mistake. = That was a FUBAR. 

Friday Night, Feb. 16, 2018, 11pm! Love lesson! Part 2!

Friday Night, Feb. 16, 2018, 11pm! Love lesson! Part 2!

1. I think I’m falling in ~ with my best friend’s wife. What should I do?

2. I saw Maggie at the pet store and it was love at ~ ~.

3. I thought I loved my teacher when I was 7 years old, but it was only ~ love.

4. My sister keeps arranging ~ dates for me. She’d just love to fix me up with someone.

BONUS: My sister fixed me up with one of her friends.
5. I fell ~ over ~ in love with her.

6. They had sex. = They ~ love.

7. All he ever thinks about is sex. = He has a one ~ mind.

8. They got married. = They tied the ~.

9. I asked her to marry me. = I ~ the question.
10. They are the perfect couple. = It’s a match made in ~.


11. They don’t like each other. = There is no love ~ between them.

12. I really like her. = I have the ~ for her.

I have the ~ for her. > I have a crush on her.

BONUS: There is no love lost between Asan and Bsan

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1. love, 2. first sight, 3. puppy, 4. blind, 5. head / heels, 6. made, 7. track, 8. knot, 9. popped, 10. Heaven, 11. lost, 12.

Wednesday Night, Feb. 14, 2018, 10pm! Love lesson!

Wednesday Night, Feb. 14, 2018, 10pm! Love lesson!

Valentine’s Day
1. I saw her on the subway and I immediately loved her. = It was ~???

2. I loved her, but she didn’t love me. It was ~ love.

3. I had a ~ on the waitress for a long time.

4. I was in love with her when I was a kid. Of course it wasn’t real love. It was just ~ love.

5. She broke up with me in high school. I was destroyed. She ~ my ~.

6. She broke my heart. = I was ~.

7. I went out on a date with a woman I had never met before. My friends set me up with her. It was a ~ date.

8. ¥恋に落ちる = ????

9. I love her. = I am in love with her. = I am ~ over ~ in love with her.

10. He thought about her day and night. It was not healthy. He was ~ with her.

Answer: 1. love at first sight, 2. 片思い unrequited love / a one-sided affair, to carry a torch for sb, 3. crush, 4. puppy, 5. broke/heart, 6. heartbroken, 7. blind, 8. to fall in love, 9. head / heels, 10. obsessed…

onomatopoeia: She makes my heart go pitter-patter.
pitter-patter = ドキドキ & パタパタ
He married his first love. 初恋と結婚した。

Mutual friends set us up.

恋に落ちる = to fall in love
I fell in love with her.
I fell in love with that show.

I/we fell out of love. 

Not so strong:
I'm crazy/bananas/nuts about you.

ENGLISH LESSON - Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018, 10pm

Nico - Feb. 11, 2018

1. I had a migraine (headache). 偏頭痛
2. debilitating 衰弱させる
3. the fetal position 胎位
4. to head somewhere = to go somewhere
I am headed to Tokyo.
I am heading to Tokyo.

synonyms for head
5. Use your head/brains.
noggin, noodle,
Technical: intellect, intelligence, cerebral matter

6. to pick sb’s brains = to ask sb who has more knowledge and/or experience about a certain subject
Ex: I want to pick your brain about dog training tips.



7. to be in over one’s head = to be in a situation that is too difficult for you
Ex: I’m in over my head! = This situation is too much for me to handle.

8. to go over one’s head = to be too difficult to understand
Ex: That joke went right over my head.
That conversation went over my head.

9. to bite sb’s head off = to get really angry and yell at someone
Ex: The boss bit my head off for being late.

10. to be touched in the head
Ex. He is touched in the head.

Thursday Night, Feb. 8, 2018, 11pm! English lesson!

Dirty words!
1. a pervert = 痴漢
2. pervy = adjective or pervert
That guy is a pervert. 
That guy is pervy.

3. a deviant = sb with very strange sexual tastes
That guy is a deviant. 

4. twisted / warped = really weird, not normal at all
He has a twisted/warped sense of humor.

5. a weirdo / a freak = a very strange person

6. cryptocurrency = things like bitcoin

7. Japan's Women's hockey team eye next step.
Ex: Don't eye me! / Are you eyeing?

8. The agency says that falling catches are due to climate change.
水産庁 = Fisheries Agency
due to = because of
climate change = 気候変動

Wednesday Night, Feb. 7, 2018, 10pm! English lesson!

Wednesday Night, Feb. 7, 2018, 10pm! English lesson!

Today we'll study some English from...
tmz.com

What  does TMZ  stand for?
Pattern: What  does ~  stand for? = Pattern: What  does ~  mean?


What does FBI  stand for?

Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott were not stumped when it came to choosing their baby's name.

I’m stumped. = I tried to answer. I thought about it, but I don’t know. I give up.

The car crash that killed beloved ex-NBA player Rasual Butler and his wife, Leah LaBelle could be heard in this video.

Beloved ex-NBA player Rasual Butler and his wife, Leah LaBelle died in a car accident.

I broke my arm in a bicycle accident.
I broke my arm riding my bicycle.


You are fired. < You are all the way fired.

Nothing can stop Remy Ma from canning Tamar Braxton's estranged husband.
to can sb = to fire sb
estranged = sb who used to be close to you but isn’t anymore

Cold Idioms!

Friday night - Jan. 26, 2018

Cold Idioms! - Friday Night, Jan. 26, 2018, 11pm! English lesson!

1. I am cold. 

2. I have a cold. 

3. I caught a cold.,   

4. I caught cold.

5. I came down with a cold. 

I came down with the flu. 

6. I got over my cold. 

7. I can’ t seem to get over my cold. 

8. I can’t seem to shake this cold. 

9. It is freezing. 

10. It’s chilly. 

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11. cold comfort 

I got fired, but it wasn’t because i did anything bad. My company just can’t afford me anymore. But that’s just cold comfort.

12. cold as ice = sb who is very unemotional 

She was as cold as ice to me. 

13. cold cash, cold hard cash = 現金

14. a cold one

Ex: Man, it’s hot today. I could sure use a cold one. 

Wednesday Night, Jan. 24, 2018, 11pm! English lesson!

Wednesday Night, Jan. 24, 2018, 11pm! English lesson!Wednesday Night, Jan. 24, 2018, 11pm! English lesson!!
Wednesday Night, Jan. 24, 2018, 11pm! English lesson!!!

1. as white as snow = very white
Her skin was as white as snow.

2. as white as a sheet = very pale shocked face color
What happened! You're as white as a sheet!

3. as white as a ghost = very pale because you are scared or shocked
What happened! You're as white as a ghost!

4. to be snowed in = to be trapped inside because there is too much snow outside
It's not melting! It's accumulating. It's sticking.
Ex: We got snowed in today. So we just stayed home.

5. to get rained out / to get snowed out
The baseball game out got rained/snowed out.

6. a snow job = a kind of fraud in which the bad person praises the victim too much
It's a snow job. Don't believe him.

7. to be snowed under = to be very very busy at work
I'd love to meet you for lunch tomorrow, but I can't. I'm snowed under at work.
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Tuesday Night, Jan. 23, 2018, 11pm! English lesson!

Tuesday Night, Jan. 23, 2018, 11pm! English lesson!

A volcano erupted in Japan today.
volcano = 火山to，　　　
erupt = 噴火する
a casualty = a death or major injury

Headline: Japanese volcano erupts, raining rocks onto ski slope and triggering avalanche

ski slope = ゲレンデ
trigger = 引き起こす
avalanche = 雪崩

噴火 an eruption

Questions rained down on him.

I will rain bloody hell down on you!

https://tinyurl.com/yb8vvdnz

sending a huge plume of black smoke into the sky.

a plume 〔鳥の〕大羽, 〔煙や水などの〕噴煙、水煙、水柱

to hurtle = to fly in an uncontrolled manner

“I had no idea what was going on.” = I was totally confused.

I got stuck in traffic.
I got stuck working late.
I got stuck talking to a customer.
Pattern: I got stuck verbing.
I got stuck with a customer.

Rocks also crashed through the roof of a rest house where about 100 skiers and snowboarders were sheltering.

to shelter in a place = to hide from danger

Monday Night, Jan. 22, 2018, 10pm! English lesson!

Monday Night, Jan. 22, 2018, 10pm! English lesson!

She is pregnant.
She is having a baby.
She is expecting.
 
Her water broke. 

She went into labor. 産気づく
 
Labor Thanksgiving Day (勤労感謝の日 Kinrō Kansha no Hi) is a national holiday in Japan which takes place annually on November 23.

She is in labor.
Her contractions are 10 seconds apart.
 
陣痛 contractions
The doctor delivered the baby.
It was a safe delivery. It was a difficult delivery.
 
1. a pack of wolves/dogs/teenagers
 
2. a flock of birds,
a flock of sheep,
a murder of crows,
 
3. a herd or horses/cows
 
4. a school of fish
a pod of whales
 
5. a swarm of insects
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Idioms:
 
1. He’s a lone wolf.
lone wolf 〈話〉一匹オオカミ、独りで行動する人、孤立主義者

2. A little bird told me. 

3. Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. = Don’t question or criticize gifts.

4. "Fish and visitors stink after three days”. Visitors are no longer welcome after 3 days.
You wear out the welcome mat.

5. The mall was swarming with teenagers.
The old women swarmed into the coffee shop.


murder = to kills sb illegally

Sunday Night, Jan. 21, 10pm! English lesson!

Sunday Night, Jan. 21, 10pm! English lesson!

A woman gave birth on a train in Tokyo.
to give birth = to have a baby
I’m having a baby. = I’m pregnant. = I’m preggers. = 妊娠している
破水 hasui = water breaking (during pregnancy)

Her water broke.

産気づく = to go into labor
She went into labor.

1. They fight like ~ and ~.

2. It’s raining ~ and ~.

3. I am so sleepy at work that I often take a ~ during lunch.

4. He is such a coward. He is scared of everything. He is a ~ cat.

5. When someone doesn’t say anything we often ask: Cat got your ~?

6. 鬼のいぬ間に洗濯 = ?

7. 物事の解決方法は一つではない =



Answers: 1. cats/dogs, 2. cats/dogs,
3. cat nap, 4. scaredy-cat / fraidy-cat, 5. tongue, 6. mice / play, 7. When the cats away, the mice will play., 8. There is more than one way to skin a cat.

Saturday Night, 11pm, Jan. 20, 2018, English Lesson!

Saturday Night, 11pm, Jan. 20, 2018, English Lesson! 


犬, 狗, 戌　


a dog,  a doggie  a puppy, a pup, pooch, hound, a hound dog,
a stray, a stray dog, a mutt, a mongrel,  man’s best friend, a flea bag



1. It’s a dog’s life. = It’s a terrible life.


2. They fight like cats a dogs. = They fight a lot.


3. It’s raining cats a dogs. = It’s raining hard.


4. I’ve got to go see a man about a dog. = I have to go to the restroom


5. The stock market is a dog eat dog world. = It’s VERY competitive.

6. I'm as sick as a dog. = very sick… throwing up, etc.

7. I work like a dog. = I work very hard.

8. He’s a sick puppy. = He is mentally sick, demented, nuts, crazy. 

 
9. You are barking up the wrong tree. = お門違い

 
10. If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
 = Don’t associate with bad people.

 
11. His bark is worse than his bite. = He threatens or complains a lot but is harmless. 


Friday Night, Jan. 19, 11pm! English lesson!

Friday Night, Jan. 19, 11pm! English lesson!

Famed music producer Tetsuya Komuro quits showbiz after reports of extramarital affair

This would be unheard of in the USA.
famed = famous
showbiz = entertainment world, Hollywood, etc.
extra-marital = outside of marriage affair

He cheated on his wife.
He cheated on his wife with a waitress.
He had an affair. = conversational
He had an extramarital affair. = little more formal
He is guilty of infidelity.
You are an infidel. = You do not accept the major religion, especially Islam.

She had/suffered a stroke.
have a stroke卒中で倒れる、卒中に襲われる
cognitive damage = one’s ability to think is damaged

https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/Famed-music-producer-Tetsuya-Komuro-quits-showbiz-after-reports-of-extramarital-affair

Cripes! Give the guy a break for crying out loud! Hope nobody follows me around...
Cripes! = Oh, my God!
Give him a break. = Don’t be so strict or hard on him.
SENTENCE + for crying out loud! = SENTENCE !!!!
SENTENCE + already! = SENTENCE !!!!


I think that under the circumstances, this guy should be cut some slack.
We should cut him some slack. = We should not be so strict on him.

Tuesday Night Jan. 9, 2018 - 10pm! Happy New Year!

Tuesday Night Jan. 9, 2018 - 10pm! Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! I am sniffly. / I have the sniffles.

I feel a sneeze coming on.

I feel a ~ coming on. 

Let’s get some basic New Year’s English out of the way.


How did you ring in the New Year?

I spent it with my in-laws.

I celebrated it with my in-laws.

a) I got a haircut. 
b) I got my hair cut.

散髪してもらう、髪を切って［カットして・刈って］もらう

You look like you could use a haircut. 

What is your New Year resolution?
new year resolution 新年の抱負
My New Year resolution is to lose weight.
My New Year resolution is to learn how to play the piano.
My New Year resolution is to stop smoking.
My New Year resolution is to VERB.

1. Exercise more (38%)
2. Lose weight (33%)
3. Eat more healthily (32%)


O Salads are good for you.
X Salads are good for your body.

4. Take a more active approach to health (15%)

passive <--> proactive
5. Learn new skill or hobby (15%)
6. Spend more time on personal wellbeing (12%)
7. Spend more time with family and friends (12%)
8. Drink less alcohol (12%)
9. Stop smoking (9%)
10. Other random resolutions (1%)

Sunday Night, Dec. 24, 10pm! English lesson!

Sunday Night, Dec. 24, 10pm! English lesson!

1. I ate too much.

X I too much ate. 

I work too much.

You think too much.

Don’t drink too much. 

He exercised too much.

2. O I am full/stuffed.

X I am too much.

X I am enough.

colloquial - 口語的な

I can’t eat another bite.

3. We exchanged presents.

We exchanged phone numbers.

We exchanged business cards.

We exchanged contact information.

We exchanged ideas.

4. トナカイ = reindeer

Santa traditionally has 8 reindeer that pull his sled.

Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blixen ... Rudolph

5. mistletoe
prickly =  とげだらけの、針のある

6. artificial trees = fake trees

7. to trim a tree = to prepare it for Christmas

8. Santa Clause = Saint Nicholas = St. Nick = Father Christmas = Kris Kringel