(会員) Tues. 11pm - 09月04日-中級-上級

(会員)Tues. 11p m - 09月04日-中級- 上級

1. What is your priority?

What is your number one thing?

2. You have to prioritize.

3. This is a priority. = This takes ~.

This takes precedence.

4. Work takes precedence over exercise.

Family takes precedence over work.

Family takes precedence over everything.

5. ~ is my bread and butter.

= ~ is how I make most of my money.

6. bread = money

7. 〜したほうがいい。= should

Don't you think this would be a good time for you to ~?

I think this would be a good time for you to ~.

This would be a good time for you to ~.

8. to compromise=妥協する

Marriage is all about compromise.

Golf is all about keeping your eye on the ball.

Golf is all about your swing.

Learning English is all about ~.

Learning English is all about practice.

Finding love is all about patience.

(会員) Mon. 11pm - 09月03日-Mixed! - Useful & Fun English!

Let's review some of last night's fun words:

1. to smash = to hit & make shatter

a) I smashed the window.

b) I'm smashed. = I'm drunk.

c) That song was a smash!=That song was a smash-hit.

d) He was a smashing success.

2. to crush

a) I crushed a can,

b) The Yankees crushed the Red Sox.

c) I have a crush on her. (DOES NOT EQUAL I crushed her.)

3. to smash + to crush = to smush

You're crushing me. = Your pressure is damaging me.

Your smushing me. = You’re pushing into me.

4. to crash

a) I crashed my car.

I totaled  my car. = completely destroyed and cannot be fixed

b) I crashed my car into the tree.

c) The market crashed.

d) Can I crash on your couch?

e) Do you mind if I crash at your place?

f) I’m tired. I’m going to crash.

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5. to smudge

a) Be careful with this ink. It's fresh. You might smudge it.

b) There's a smudge on your hands.

c) The writing was so smudged that I couldn’t read it.

d) There was a smudge of lipstick on his collar.

6. to fudge

a) He fudged the numbers.

=He fudged the figures.

7. to blast

a) Did you hear that blast? What was that?

b) I blasted my biceps.

I blasted my thighs.

c) Q. How was the party?

A. It was a blast!

8. to mash = to crush, to grind

a) I mashed the potatoes.

b) I made mashed potatoes.

9. squash

I squashed the cockroach.

10. squelch

I squelched the desire to punch him.

The government tried to squelch the protests.

11. quench

The cold beer quenched my thirst.

My thirst was quenched.

Unrecorded Sept. 2, 公開 lesson!

On September 2, 2012, I did a 公開 lesson. I did not record the video. But these are the notes. 

I DID review the next day though. So check the next video and next group of notes!

one on one

face to man

mano a mano

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“a”    and   “the”

He told a lie.  --> He lied.

He told the truth.

I told you the truth.

His truth does not match my truth.

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He fibbed. He told a fib.

He told a white lie.

He told a whopper

a super big huge monstrous gigantic enormous humongous

He told a whopper of a lie.

He is a big mouth.

You got exposed.

The jig is up.

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THE AVENGERS

to smash

That song was a smash. = That song was a hit.

That song was a smash hit.

I was smushed in the taxi.

I was smashed. = I was trashed. = I was drunk.

to crush

I have a crush on her. = I like her. 好き！

NOT THE SAME AS

I crushed her. = I stepped on her or sat on her.

I had a car accident. I crashed into the fence.

I had car crash.

I had car accident.

I am so tired. I am going to crash.

Do you mind if I crash on your couch?

Do you mind if I crash on your floor?

Do you mind if I crash at your place?

(会員) Fri. 11pm - 09月01日中級ー上級 - NEWS ENGLISH!

Note: The original live lesson was entitled:

(会員) Fri. 11pm - 08月31日中級ー上級 - NEWS ENGLISH!

but it actually took place on on Sept. 1, 2012. 

Sept. 1, 2012

11. They convinced him to lie.

They did something that would force him to lie.

They got to him.

12. He always follows the rules.

He does everything by the book.

He always goes by the book.

13. No one will ever see it/him again.

It will never see the light of day. = Nobody will ever know this secret.

He will never see the light of day.

=He will go to jail forever.

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Senkaku

1. a word that means the same as another word is a “synonym”

2. deal with = cope with

I'm having trouble dealing/coping.

I'm having trouble dealing/coping with my uncle's death.

3. land, area = territory

4. a license proving you own st = title, deed.

BONUS: a) a pink slip = a piece of paper proving you own a car

b) a piece of paper firing you

5. 権利=right

6. to manage st like a business =to run, to administer

7. a fight over land = a territorial dispute

8. This problem is a TOP PROBLEM.

a priority

What is the verb of prioirty?

to prioritize

9. a lot of oil or other things on the bottom of the ocean neat the islands

a) What is another word for bottom of ocean: seabed

b) What do you call a large amount of oil? Oil reserves.

(会員)Thurs. 11pm - 08月30日MIXED LEVELS - MORE NATIVE MOVIE EXPRESSIONS

Nico - Aug. 30, 2012

1. Can I talk to you?

Can I have a minute?

Could I have a minute?

Could you give me a minute?

Could I have a word?

Can I have a word?

2. This soda has a little bit of lemon in it.

This soda has a touch of lemon.

I think I may have a  touch of the flu.

a smidgen = a little amount of

 Add a smidgen of salt.

3. I'm not the kind of person who holds a grudge.

I'm not one to hold a grudge.

I'm not one to complain.

4. He has a big ego.

He thinks his shit don't stink.

5. I publicly challenged him.

I called him out.

6. He attacked 100%.

He didn't pull any punches.

I don’t think he used all his power to attack.

I think he pulled his punches.

7. It is difficult to contact him.

It’s difficult to get in touch with him.

He's a hard guy to get hold of.

8. Just one mistake is enough.

All it takes is one mistake.

9. That is never going to happen.

When pigs fly.

When Hell freezes over.

10. You were right and I was wrong.

I stand corrected.

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(会員)Monday 11pm - 08月27日初級 NATIVE ENGLISH FROM TV & MOVIES!

(会員)Monday 11pm - 08月27日初級 NATIVE ENGLISH FROM TV & MOVIES!

1. What can I get you? = What would you like? = What do you want?

What can I get for you?

Can I get you something?

Can I get you some coffee?

Can you get me a blanket, please?

Could I get an extra pillow, please.

2. What do you have to lose?

=You should do it! (Because there is nothing to lose.)

UNRELATED = Go for broke. = Do your best! Use all your effort/energy!

Variation: Why not! You should do it! What do you have to lose!?

You've got nothing to lose.

I've got nothing to lose. = I have nothing to lose.

colloquial = 口語的な

You got nothing to lose. / I got nothing to lose.

X Why not! = Of course.

3. All he does is complain. = He is always complaining.

I feel like all I do is work.

4. I'm glad for you. =あなたのために私はうれしい。

5. It's none of my business. = 私には関係ない。

That has nothing to do with me.

6. (A) has nothing to do with (B). = (A) は (B)と関係ない。

My looks have nothing to do with my Japanese.

7. You need to stop that. = You should stop that. = やめた方がいい。

(会員）８月２４日(金） 生放送録画 映画の台詞から英語を勉強しよう！

(会員）８月２４日(金）　生放送録画　映画の台詞から英語を勉強しよう！

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