May 21 - English Live Lesson!

May 21 - English Live Lesson!

Business as usual.
It’s been business as usual.

to spoil = to hurt, damage, or ruin or destroy

She spoiled her kids. = She gave them everything they wanted.

That kid is spoiled.

The milk is spoiled.
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May 20 - English Live Lesson!

May 20 - English Live Lesson!
1. in / at
I’ll meet you at the Chunichi Building.  (general area)
I’ll meet you in the Chunichi Building.  (inside the building)
Do you mean inside the building? Or do you mean in front of the building?
2. bigoted
He is racist. / He is a racist.
He is a bigot.
The 3 ~ist. = racist, sexist, ageist

3. そろそろ～しないとけないじゃない？
Isn’t it about time….

It's really thundering outside.

At 6pm:
Isn't it about time you make dinner?
At 10pm:
Isn't it about time you made dinner?

Your friend has been unhappy in her marriage for a long time.
= Isn’t it about time you got divorced.
I think it's about time you bought a new car.

I think it's about time you buy a new car.
a) I think it's about time you VERB.
Isn’t it about time you VERB?

b) I think it's about time you PAST TENSE VERB.

You’re 26 years. You’ve been dating the same person for 6 years.
a) Isn’t it about time you get married.
b) Isn’t it about time you got married.

What kind/sort/type of person is he?
What’s he like?
What does he like?

May 18 - English Live Lesson!

May 18 - English Live Lesson!

brain idioms

1. an easy decision = a no-brainer

2. I can’t wrap my brain around this. 

3. to hit someone hard in the head = to brain him
Ex: I almost got brained by that baseball.

4. I’m brain dead. = My brain no longer works.

5. a bird-brain = a stupid person

6. to pick sb's brain = to ask sb many questions so that you can learn about st
Do you mind if I pick your brain on ~.

7. a brain drain = 頭脳流出

8. to commit suicide with a gun = to blow one’s brains out
I was so bored, I felt like blowing my brains out.

9. He is all brawn and no brains.

10. I racked my brains. = I did my best to think about st and perhaps solve a problem.
I’ve been racking my brains for a good present.

11. to have st on the brain = to be obsessed with st.
He has ~ on the brain.

Dirty Slang Warning!
12. to have shit for brains
He’s got shit for brains. = He is an idiot.

13. a brain fart = a stupid idea
I just had a brain fart.
= My mind went blank. 
or = I just came up with a really stupid idea.
I had a brain fart and locked my keys in the car.

May 17 - English Live Lesson!

We’ve had technical difficulties.

I'm pretty computer savvy.

common sense      常識

They are savvy. 
He is savvy about ~.

Savvy? (verb)

I'm pretty computer savvy. (adjective)

I have no political savvy. (savviness) (both are nouns)

He has no common sense.

He has no sense.

Anyone with any common sense would agree.

Anyone with any sense would agree.

clever

He is a genius. (noun/person)
His idea was genius. (adjective used with idea)
His book was brilliant. (adjective)
He is brilliant.
He is intelligent.
The writing is very intelligent.
He is brilliant.
He is intelligent.
He is smart.
He is bright. 

It’s easy.
It’s a piece of cake.
It’s not rock science.
It’s not brain surgery.
It’s not that hard/difficult.
You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to understand this. 
You don’t have to be a brain surgeon to understand this. 
It’s a no-brainer. = It’s an easy choice to make.

He is a walking dictionary.
He is a walking encyclopedia.

Anyone with 2 brain cells to rub together can understand this.

I can’t wrap my brain around this. 
I’m having trouble wrapping my brain around this.
I need a minute to wrap my brain around this.

I brained him.
I almost got brained by that baseball.

He is brain-dead. (in a coma, brain does not work at all)

He is a terrible employee. He’s brain-dead half the time.

I am so tired.  I’m brain-dead. (=I cannot think anymore.)

May 9 - English Live Lesson!

May 9 - English Live Lesson!

軽自動車 = a compact

My car ~ 4. 

optical illusion = 錯視 sakkaku

Please take your seats.  

Have a seat. 

He is in the hot seat.

2. in the hot seat = 《be ～》苦しい［不安な・難しい］立場にある

3. The movie was very suspenseful. I was on the ~ of my seat the whole time. 

4. the nosebleed seats

5. The waitress seated us in the back.

6. 車にしょうがい者用の席があるって英語でなんていいますか？

7. 疑っている

8. I've had a head cold all day. 

9. What is the difference between “He is a good teacher.” and “He is good at teaching.”

10. 狭い部屋 / 広い部屋

11. X I cleaned my room. 

12. indulge

Indulge me. 

QUESTIONS FROM VIEWERS:

涙のかたちってなんていいますｋ= tear shaped

a lost cause = sb or st that cannot be saved 

That is a lost cause. = それは仕方ないです。 

It was a lost cause from the start. = 初めから勝算がなかった.

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1. My car seats 4. 

2. the hot seat 

3. the edge

4.  seats high up in an arena, theater, or opera house. 

5. The waitress took us to a back table and gave us seats.

6. This car is wheelchair friendly.

7. I doubt it.  = I don't believe it.         

I suspect so. = I think so. 

I suspect he killed his wife. 

I doubt he killed his wife. 

I suspect so.    I suspect not.

8. 鼻風邪 

9. He is good at the job and should be hired.  = He is a good teacher.

only good at the skill but may be 

10. small room / big room 

11. ―> I cleaned my house. 

12. indulge 甘やかす

子どもを甘やかす = indulge a child

Indulge me.  = Please let me talk or do something and later you will understand. 

May 7 - English Live Lesson!

May 7 - English Live Lesson! 

a newbie = an inexperienced person especially with technology

I am a bit hamstrung.

I need to save money, so I’m trying to be ~.

thrifty

frugal

stingy (negative)

Don’t be stingy.

ケチ

He is stingy. He is a cheapskate.

He is cheap. He is tightfisted. 

He is miserly.

He is chintzy. 

He is a cheapskate. He is a tight-ass.  He is a tight wad. 

He is a penny-pincher. 

He likes to economize. 

お尻軽 = a slut 

slut shaming

a double standard

She is promiscuous. = She has a many lovers. 

The Avengers is a franchise. 

a sequel = the movie following a movie 

The Avengers franchise  is Paramount Picture’s cash cow. 

He’s a rainmaker.

The Avengers:  Age of Ultron is Paramount’s tent pole movie for 2015. 

holistic medicine = alternative medicine that treats spirit, mind, and body

<—> conventional medicine / mainstream medicine 

May 2 English Live Lesson!

May 2 English Live Lesson!

1. He said something stupid. = He put his ~ in his ~. 

He put his foot in his mouth. 

2. a flea market = フリーマーケット、のみの市

I love to negotiate prices. 

3. What do you like about going to flea markets?

What do you like about ….?

What do you like about him? 

What do you like about living in Tokyo? 

4. 気分がわるいです。

I’m sick. I feel bad. I’m under the weather. 

 I’m under the weather. 

I’m a bit under the weather. 

I’m feeling a bit under the weather. 

5. 胃が痛い。

I have a stomachache.   

I have a tummy ache.

Only 5 aches. 

BETHS! 

My stomach/tummy hurts. 

I have a stomachache. 

I have a backache. 

I have a toothache.

I have an earache. 

I have a headache. 

11. コーヒーはいかがですか？

Would you like some coffee?

Would you like a cup of coffee? 

Can I interest you in some coffee? 

12. The movie trailer interested me. 

興味を引く

13. 私にも同じものをください。 

I’ll have the same.  

I’ll have the same.

Tom and I have the same car.

I have the same car that he has.