Members Only 6月29日（月曜日）英会話 Live Lesson

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liberal = open minded and accepting

fiscally conservative

He’s liberal with his money.

conservative = 保守的な

He's a gay basher. He bashes Japan.

 We’re going to need a bigger boat.

「大型船を呼ぼう」

Fasten you seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night.

Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.
 「トト、ここはカンザスじゃないみたいよ」

You had me at ‘hello’.
「言葉など要らないわ。戻ってくれただけで…」

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LDP media bashers put security bills in doubt
liberal = open minded and accepting
conservative = 保守的な
fiscally conservative
realistic <―> idealistic
Idealistically we should ban all guns in the USA, but this is not a realistic solution. f

LDP media bashers put
security bills in doubt

a ~ basher = someone who criticizes ~ very strongly

Today's loss puts Nadeshiko's future in doubt.

a stand-up comedy
――――――――――――――
same-sex marriage

American gays have legal recognition.

muggy = 蒸し暑い
a) Would you mind if I smoked?
Do you mind if I smoke?
Would you mind if I sat here?
Do you mind if I sit here?

b) Do you mind helping me?
Would you mind helping me?
Do/Would you mind giving me a hand?
Do/Would you mind opening a window?
Do you mind turning off the air-conditioner.
Do you mind not doing that?
Do you mind?

Do you mind me smoking?
Do you mind me not going?

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The Confederate Flag is considered offensive.

a hate crime

I had my hair cut.
I got my hair cut.  

I got a haircut.

I’m looking for a run-down barbershop.

dilapidated old store

I was pleasantly surprised at his ability.

What a coincidence.

It’s muggy out today.

Some words I know but they don’t roll off the tongue.

That name does not roll of the tongue. = It’s difficult to say smoothly

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1. lopsided = not even

2. I know.  
I don’t know.

3. I understand.
I know how to make it,
but I don't understand how to make it.

4. I get it. = I understand.

5. I don’t follow. = I’m sorry I don’t understand what is happening.

6. I have a secret.

7. This is just between you and me.
This is just between you and me and the crickets.

8. His father is a doctor so he was privy to a lot of details about his operation.

9. Sorry, I’m not privy to information like that.
I am not privy to that information.

10. He is from Alabama.

11. Please show him the ropes.
Yuna please show Tomoka the ropes.
Hey, thanks for today. Thank for showing me the ropes.

12. I’d like to pick his brains.
Do you mind if I pick your brains?

13. street smarts vs. books smarts

He has book smarts, but he doesn’t have street smarts.





 

Members Only 6月19日（金曜日）英会話 Live Lesson 30 min

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密輸する to smuggle
うっかりミス = an honest mistake

I made an honest mistake.

Julie Hamp was arrested on suspicion of illegally bringing pain killers into Japan.

Julie Hamp was arrested on suspicion of smuggling drugs into Japan.

Joe Smith was arrested on suspicion of murder.
Joe Smith was arrested on suspicion of arson.

damage control

Toyota is in damage control mode right now.

Toyota’s reputation has been damaged.
Toyota’s reputation has been tarnished.

The silver is tarnished.

His honor/image/reputation has been tarnished.

Hamp said that she had no intent of breaking the law.

The pills were in packets or buried at the bottom of the parcel, which also contained toy pendants and necklaces, they said.

The pills were in packets or buried at the bottom of the parcel.
to bury = 埋める、隠す

Oxycodone = powerful & addictive pain killer

a prescription = 処方箋

The street value is the amount of money that drug costs on the street.

Donald Trump
He is tacky.
But he has no tact.
to have tact = to know when to say st and when NOT to say st

Her tweet was perfectly sassy.
boldly smart & rebellious

Donald’s ego is inflated.
he might as well be the Hindenburg.
ヒンデンブルク

 

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http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/1435805588

Candidates are starting to campaign.

Hillary Clinton has thrown her hat into the ring.
出馬する

Donald Trump
Donald Trump has a toupée
The Democrats & The Republicans

D.T. has never held office.
He has never held office.
He can siphon away votes.

THE DAILY SHOW
http://thedailyshow.cc.com/
Jon Stewart is the host of THE DAILY SHOW.

Donald Trump makes great comedic fodder.

SNL = Saturday Night Live

She poked fun at herself. = She made fun of herself.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/16/sarah-palin-snl_n_6693476.html

hypothetical = 仮定の

You will be inundated with the 2016 election.

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Members Only 6月16日（火曜日）英会話　Live Lesson　30 min
1. Bruce Jenner 
2. swag = fashion 
3. dad bod
A white woman has been pretending to be black her whole life.
She has been masquerading as a black person.
She was recently exposed.
She cut ties with her parents.
'Black' activist resigns helm of US civil rights group

黒人
an African American,  
a black person
a colored person
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

She resigned amid allegations she is white but has masqueraded for years as being black.

an allegation, alleged, allegedly
He allegedly killed his wife.
This is the alleged murder weapon.