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.
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Thursday, February 8, 2018
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
Friday, January 26, 2018
Cold Idioms!
Friday night - Jan. 26, 2018
Cold Idioms! - Friday Night, Jan. 26, 2018, 11pm! English lesson!
1. I am cold.
2. I have a cold.
3. I caught a cold.,
4. I caught cold.
5. I came down with a cold.
I came down with the flu.
6. I got over my cold.
7. I can’ t seem to get over my cold.
8. I can’t seem to shake this cold.
9. It is freezing.
10. It’s chilly.
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11. cold comfort
I got fired, but it wasn’t because i did anything bad. My company just can’t afford me anymore. But that’s just cold comfort.
12. cold as ice = sb who is very unemotional
She was as cold as ice to me.
13. cold cash, cold hard cash = 現金
14. a cold one
Ex: Man, it’s hot today. I could sure use a cold one.
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Wednesday Night, Jan. 24, 2018, 11pm! English lesson!
Wednesday Night, Jan. 24, 2018, 11pm! English lesson!Wednesday Night, Jan. 24, 2018, 11pm! English lesson!!
Wednesday Night, Jan. 24, 2018, 11pm! English lesson!!!
1. as white as snow = very white
Her skin was as white as snow.
2. as white as a sheet = very pale shocked face color
What happened! You're as white as a sheet!
3. as white as a ghost = very pale because you are scared or shocked
What happened! You're as white as a ghost!
4. to be snowed in = to be trapped inside because there is too much snow outside
It's not melting! It's accumulating. It's sticking.
Ex: We got snowed in today. So we just stayed home.
5. to get rained out / to get snowed out
The baseball game out got rained/snowed out.
6. a snow job = a kind of fraud in which the bad person praises the victim too much
It's a snow job. Don't believe him.
7. to be snowed under = to be very very busy at work
I'd love to meet you for lunch tomorrow, but I can't. I'm snowed under at work.
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Wednesday Night, Jan. 24, 2018, 11pm! English lesson!!!
1. as white as snow = very white
Her skin was as white as snow.
2. as white as a sheet = very pale shocked face color
What happened! You're as white as a sheet!
3. as white as a ghost = very pale because you are scared or shocked
What happened! You're as white as a ghost!
4. to be snowed in = to be trapped inside because there is too much snow outside
It's not melting! It's accumulating. It's sticking.
Ex: We got snowed in today. So we just stayed home.
5. to get rained out / to get snowed out
The baseball game out got rained/snowed out.
6. a snow job = a kind of fraud in which the bad person praises the victim too much
It's a snow job. Don't believe him.
7. to be snowed under = to be very very busy at work
I'd love to meet you for lunch tomorrow, but I can't. I'm snowed under at work.
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Tuesday Night, Jan. 23, 2018, 11pm! English lesson!
Tuesday Night, Jan. 23, 2018, 11pm! English lesson!
A volcano erupted in Japan today.
volcano = 火山to，
erupt = 噴火する
a casualty = a death or major injury
Headline: Japanese volcano erupts, raining rocks onto ski slope and triggering avalanche
ski slope = ゲレンデ
trigger = 引き起こす
avalanche = 雪崩
噴火 an eruption
Questions rained down on him.
I will rain bloody hell down on you!
https://tinyurl.com/yb8vvdnz
sending a huge plume of black smoke into the sky.
a plume 〔鳥の〕大羽, 〔煙や水などの〕噴煙、水煙、水柱
to hurtle = to fly in an uncontrolled manner
“I had no idea what was going on.” = I was totally confused.
I got stuck in traffic.
I got stuck working late.
I got stuck talking to a customer.
Pattern: I got stuck verbing.
I got stuck with a customer.
Rocks also crashed through the roof of a rest house where about 100 skiers and snowboarders were sheltering.
to shelter in a place = to hide from danger
Monday, January 22, 2018
Monday Night, Jan. 22, 2018, 10pm! English lesson!
Monday Night, Jan. 22, 2018, 10pm! English lesson!
She is pregnant.She is having a baby.
She is expecting.
Her water broke.
She went into labor. 産気づく
Labor Thanksgiving Day (勤労感謝の日 Kinrō Kansha no Hi) is a national holiday in Japan which takes place annually on November 23.
She is in labor.
Her contractions are 10 seconds apart.
陣痛 contractions
The doctor delivered the baby.
It was a safe delivery. It was a difficult delivery.
1. a pack of wolves/dogs/teenagers
2. a flock of birds,
a flock of sheep,
a murder of crows,
3. a herd or horses/cows
4. a school of fish
a pod of whales
5. a swarm of insects
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Idioms:
1. He’s a lone wolf.
lone wolf 〈話〉一匹オオカミ、独りで行動する人、孤立主義者
2. A little bird told me.
3. Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. = Don’t question or criticize gifts.
4. "Fish and visitors stink after three days”. Visitors are no longer welcome after 3 days.
You wear out the welcome mat.
5. The mall was swarming with teenagers.
The old women swarmed into the coffee shop.
murder = to kills sb illegally
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