Saturday, December 21, 2013
(会員）Dec. 18 英会話ライブレッスン MORE Fun expressions
(会員）Dec. 18 英会話ライブレッスン MORE Fun expressions
1. "I'm the king of the world!" = Titanic
2. "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!" - The Wizard of Oz
3. "Carpe diem!" - Dead Poets Society
Seize the the day!
4. "My precious." - Lord of the Rings
5. "Hasta la vista, baby." - Terminator 2
6. "Here's Johnny!" - The Shining
7. "Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape." - Planet of the Apes
8. "Say 'hello' to my little friend!" - Scarface
9. "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer." - God Father
10. "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good." = Wall Street
for a lack of a better word他にもっと良い言葉がないので
11. "Houston, we have a problem." - Apollo 13
12. "You're gonna need a bigger boat." -JAWS
13. "After all, tomorrow is another day!" - Gone with the Wind
14. "You can't handle the truth!" - A Few Good Men
15. "There's no place like home." - The Wizard of Oz
16. "Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." - The Wizard of Oz
= This place is strange.
Monday, December 16, 2013
(会員）Dec. 16 英会話ライブレッスン Fun expressions
(会員）Dec. 16 英会話ライブレッスン Fun expressions
1. He is so ugly. = He's got a face only a mother could love.
2. Brains before beauty.
Age before beauty.
Youth before beauty.
Beauty before brains.
3. a smart person = an egg head
4. a person who watches TV a lot = a couch potato
5. an old man = an old fart
6. an old woman = an old bag
7. a bad doctor = a quack
8. a bad writer = a hack
9. a bad actor = a ham
10. I'm in a pickle. = I'm in trouble.
11. The lights are on but nobody's home.
=That person is stupid.
12. She couldn't find her way out of a paper bag.
= She has no sense of direction.
He couldn't talk his way out of a paper bag.
= He is a bad talker.
He couldn't fight his way out of a paper bag.
= He is a bad fighter.
He couldn't argue his way out of a paper bag.
= He is bad at arguing.
13. I let the cat out of the bag.
= I told a secret.
14. He's a wet blanket. = He ruins the mood.
Sunday, December 15, 2013
(会員）Dec. 15 英会話ライブレッスン - transition expressions
(会員）Dec. 15 英会話ライブレッスン - transition expressions
1. by the way = btw = そういえば
2. in my opinion = 私の意見では…
3. in my view = 私の見解では…
4. As far as I am concerned… = 私に言わせれば…
5. On top of that = その上に
6. What's more…そのうえ….
A: Why don't you think we should go to Okinawa?
B: First of all, it's the rainy season. What's more, it's too expensive.
More importantly, I just don't have the time.
7. More importantly …=さらに重要なことに…
8. Come to think of it… = 考えてみると…
9. 肝心なのは~です。 The bottom line is .... =要は/要するに/結局のところ/とにかく
10. As I recall… If I remember correctly… = 私の記憶による…
11. I don't remember. / I don't recall.
12. if memory serves 記憶が正しければ
Ex: If memory serves, he used to be in the boyscouts.
if memory serves
if memory serves correctly
if my memory serves correctly
13. I don't remember. = I don't recall..
14. It slipped my mind.
15. It completely slipped my mind.
Saturday, December 14, 2013
(会員）Dec. 14 英会話ライブレッスン News - mixed
1. M5.5 quake shakes Kanto
M = magnitude = power of earthquake
an earthquake = 地震
to shake = to hit, to quake
An earthquake hit the Kanto area.
2. Deutsche Securities reprimanded for excessive client entertainment in Japan
Deutsche Securities = company name
to reprimand = to scold = to verbally punish
excessive = too much
client = customer
entertainment = taking someone to dinner, drinks, shows, etc. 接待
3. Japan should embrace nuclear power, government panel says
to embrace = 1) to hug, 2) to welcome
nuclear power = 原子力
government panel = 政府の諮問機関
4. Top court says transsexual is father of IVF baby
a transsexual = a person who had a sex change
In vitro fertilization = IVF
5. Diet lawmaker's sister admits election fraud
Diet lawmaker = 国会議員
admit = ～を認める、承認する
election = 選挙
fraud 詐欺
She bought votes.
buy votes = 票の買収する, 投票を買収する
6. Japan is going to get seriuos about English education.
7. Junior high school English teachers should conduct classes exclusively in English.
8. ALT = Assistant Language Teachers
9. He is proficient in English.
10. JLPT = Japanese Language Proficiency Test
11. Kim purge puts world on alert
(会員）Dec. 13 英会話ライブレッスン men & women relations - mixed
1. masculine
2. feminine
3. boyish
4. girlish
5. a tomboy / She is a tomboy. She is tomboyish.
6. They are just friends.
7. They are dating.
8. They are dating, but it's not serious.
9. They are dating, and it's pretty serious.
10. They are hot and heavy.
11. They are sex friends.
12. They are friends with benefits.
13. They are platonic friends.
14. She's like a sister to me., He's like a brother to me., He's my brother. She's my sister.
15. She's like my little sister. I see her as my little sister.
16. She has a crush on him., He has a crush on her.
17. She is obsessed with him.
18. unrequited love 報われぬ恋、片思い
19. macho = psychological
20. male chauvinist pig = 男性優越主義者
21. feminist = 男女同権論者、フェミニスト、男女同権主義者
22. They are dating., He is dating Sally., He is seeing Sally.
23. Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend? = Are you seeing anyone?
24. I just broke up with my boyfriend/girlfriend.
= I just got out of a relationship.
25. He has a lot of emotional luggage.
(会員）Dec. 12 英会話ライブレッスン Talking about laws in Japan - mixed
1. 法律 = law
2. There is a law. Is there a law?
3. There is a law that says you can't smoke in the subway.
4. law > rule
5. There is a rule that says you can't smoke in the subway.
6. It's against the law to VERB.
7. You have to obey the law.
8. You broke the law. You disobeyed the law.
9. He is the law. = He is the police.
10. law and order = 治安、法と秩序
11. maintain law and order = 治安を維持する、法と秩序を保つ
12. respect law and order = 法と秩序を尊重する
13. restore law and order = 治安を回復する
14. a bill = 議案 or 法案
15. bill become law = 議案が法律になる
Civics Lesson Cartoon For Kids - How A Bill Becomes a Law - Schoolhouse Rock
16. I feel a bit nostalgic. 懐かしい
17. They passed the bill.
18. The bill was passed by the House.
= The House passed the bill.
19. bill passed by the Senate = 上院で可決された法案
20. The bill was passed by the Senate.
= The Senate passed the bill.
21. The State Secrecy Law was passed.
22. Some people want the law revised.
23. 修正する = to revise
24. Some people want the law abolished.
25. abolition = 廃止、廃絶、全廃
26. abolish【他動】〔法律や制度などを〕無効にする、廃止する、撤廃する
27. repeal a law = 法律を廃止する
28. scrap the bill = 廃案にする
29. I had to scrap my plans to go to Hawaii.
30. amend a law = 法律を改正する
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