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