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Nov 13 - Dec18

May English Club

Nov. 13

Social network
Social media

Double price
Acquired taste
Savage

Nov. 20
Contribute - to add to - give
courtesy カーティシィ
Chivalry is dead
Wind/ wound

Retro looks vintage
Vintage is vintage
A vintage wine

Gunma wind .
Wind the clock ワインド
I have a wound.
I would the clock.
It’s a good real.
I read it.
A cushy life
Contact sports

Nov. 27
Shooting star
Unloaded

Dec 4
camouflage
Olive Drab OD green
Flat dark earth FDE

Drab- dull - gloomy
Fatigues

Rob peter to pay Paul 奪って他へ貸す

Groundbreaking
Topping out
Ribbon cutting

Gossip
Ice breaker いっぱい奢る
Shivalry 騎士道

median 亀になる

Dec.18

Jurassic world
We’re headed your way.
Call in a chopper. 

Could you move over a little? 詰めて
Marine copes
the ルベラ
バーベリック
Smallpox
レービィス　狂犬病

2020/ 08/07 May English Club

May English Club

Aug. 7

I'm sure you get itchy feet. ------> どこかへ行きたくてむずむずしているでしょう
Nice to have you here. ----> あなたをお迎えできてうれしいです
Bend over backwards - 全力を尽くす、懸命に取り組む(いいことも悪いことも）

EX) No need to bend over backwards. ----> そんなに頑張る必要ないよ

EX) I'm bending over backwords to help them. ----> 彼らを助けるために懸命に働いています
The floor is yours. ----> どうぞ話してください　（ speak freely / it’s your turn. ）

You have the floor.------>　あなたが話をする番です (上と同じだがこちらのほうが使用頻度は高い）

Clear as mud — 全くわからない、ちんぷんかんぷん、（直訳すると；泥のように澄んでいる、濁っていてさっぱり見えない）

It's as clear as mud. It's clear as mud. 
Mumbo jumbo

 

Have you ever burned  a bridge?　-----> (誰かと）関係を断ったことありますか

We made up. -----> 仲直りした
Unintentionally -----> 故意ではなく
I’m satisfied with it./ I’m content with it.　-----> 満足している

Tight knit ----> (地域社会、集団などが）結束の固い
Bark in vain -----> 無駄吠え
Try to calm ----> 冷静を心がける

Daredevil -take a risk　-----> 向こう見ずな、命知らずな
- reckless
Out of the world -----> 天下一品、とびきり素晴らしい

 

May English Club ：数か月のまとめ

May English Club

Note 

That’s something -父親のことを愛してる うれしいね。


Hands-off 干渉しない
—-> Allowing people to do what they want to do without bothering or stopping them.

Overboard 船外へ
Bizarre 奇妙な
Dedicate dedicate your self to studying English

Deserve

コグニティブ cognitive
アクイジィシィオン acquisition

intimidated 怖気付

Presumably —“Lost world”

L &O Over over the moon — very happy
Sneak out- snuck out-
the worst case, don’t go there - means, I don’t want to talk about that

That’s a lot. 大変ね

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I smell trouble 悪い予感がする

Keep your hair on 落ち着け

 

Exist
I missed an exist

Black swan — economical desperate

代行タクシー

work for home - テレワーク
tarry
Tarry counter - keep counter
Telegram
Wire money
Mentainance package

Skid
Slip
hands sanitizer
Delicacy
In light of - seen what happening these days — -because of
Pandemic
Cluster
Mutate
Die down

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Mar. 6

Resale
Porn shop
Infofedimec
Unsubstantiated

なぜ紙幣を折り紙のようにして折ってお金の価値より高く売ることはいけないのか

Guarantee
Content
Resection
Transaction
Loan shark
Establish
Sex trafficking
Stay away
Spice
Ciggar
Please forgive my ignorance
Subtropical
Cuba crisis
revolutionary
Live concert
mandatory school closing
Don’t mingle
For the time being right now
Umbiguraous

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March 13

Sterilization 滅菌
Sterilization 殺菌
dis-infection 消毒
flammable
Inflammable
unburnab
life expectancy/ life span

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March 27

Telework VS Remote work
Work from home
✖️ work at home

When they didn’t listen me, I showed my sons the photo that I took Namahage.

Punish
Germ
Obey
Demonic germ
Shears sheep
Buzz
Hoard
Unfounded rumors
Unsubstantiated rumors

You grounded —- no free
恐怖症
city slicker

Tulsa in Oklahoma

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June 6

Combustible / burnable/ flammable

Hemp
Droplets
Rushes
Lip reading
Under the weather 体調不良
a cold sweat

Take for granted 当たり前と思う

What have you learned from the coronavirus pandemic so far?
unnecessary outings
Before I knew it

子はかすがい
Children hold a marriage together.

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July 31

Ingestion , ingest
Digestion, digest
By product
Vice — immoral or wicked , behavior / illegal activities, next in rank

kink

Laxative - bowel loosener :下剤
Endoscope
melting into ：~の中に溶け込む
Sliming

2020/ 03/06 May English Club

2020/ 03/ 06 

 

Resale
Pawn shop
Unsubstantiated rumors : 根も葉もないうわさ

Guarantee : 保証する
be content with ＝be satisfied with
recession : 景気後退
Transaction：取引、相互作用
Loan shark
Establish
Sex trafficking：性目的の売買
Stay away：近寄らない
Cigar
Please forgive my ignorance
Subtropical：亜熱帯
Cuba crisis
revolutionary
Live concert
mandatory school closing
Don’t mingle
For the time being right now　：当面の間は、差し当たりは

ambiguous:　曖昧な、不明瞭な

 

 

Discussion 

Mercari, a major flea market app in Japan. 

Why can't we sell current money? 

なぜ紙幣をお金の価値より高く売ることはいけないのか

以前、メルカリで紙幣を折って売っていたことがあったが、なぜそれは許されないのか

 

＊メルカリによるとLaunder illigal money, black market  を防ぐためということです

2020/ 02/25 Group Lesson

English group lesson

 

BBQ Scene

Questions

1, Who is planting in the garden

2, Who is in the field?

3, Who is in the tree?

4, Who is cooking/ grilling ?

5, Where is the child?

6, Where is the man?

7, Where are the flowers?

8, Where is the banana?

9, What is the child doing?

10, What is the man wearing?

11, What is the dog doing?

12, What is the cat doing?

13.Why is the man wearing an apron?

14, Why is the cat in the tree?

15, Why is there food on the table?

16, Why is the child holding a plant?

 

Sample answers

1, The boy is planting in the garden.

2, The dog is in the field.

3, The cat is in the tree.

4, The man (dad/ father) is cooking/ grilling.

5, The child is planting a tree in the garden.

6, The man is by the BBQ grill./ The man is near the BBQ grill in the yard. / The man is between the table and the garden. 

7, The flowers are in the garden, in front of the fence./ The flowers are on the right side of the garden. 

8, The banana is on the table.

9, The Child is planting a tree.

10 The man is wearing a polo shirt, pants, shoes, and, an apron.

11, The dog is running in the field.

12, The cat is sitting in the tree.

13, The man is wearing an apron to stop his clothes from getting dirty. / The man is wearing an apron because he keeps his clothes clean. 

14, The cat is in the tree as the dog chased it. / The cat is in the tree because it hates the dog. / The cat is scared of the dog. 

15, The food is on the table for people to eat.

16, The child is holding a plant as he is going to put it in the hole.

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The dog is sticking its tongue out. ----> その犬は舌を（ペロッと）出している

He is sticking his tongue out. 

be perched on -----> ～の上にとまっている

The cat is perching on the branch. ------> その猫は枝にとまっています

grill ------> 肉や魚を直火焼き、網焼きする

bake -----> オーブンで焼く（ケーキやパン）

specific ------> 具体的な、はっきり限定された

peas ------> エンドウ豆

The man in the pollo shirt and apron is grilling by the BBQ grill. -----> ポロシャツとアプロンを着た男性はバーベキューグリルのそばでバーベキューをしています

He is a good gardener. ------> （直訳）彼はよい庭師です　---> 彼はよいガーデニングをする人（ガーデニングが上手）

He has a green thumb. -------> 彼は園芸が上手

picket(s) ------> 柵、（絵にあるような）上がとがった形の木でできたフェンス

The boy is planting the tree after digging. -------> 穴を掘った後、その少年は木を植えている

dig-dug

rubber boots ------> ゴム長靴

garden boots ------> 園芸用ブーツ

muck boots ------> マックブーツ、泥がついても大丈夫なブーツ

He has a thick beard and wavy hair. -----> 彼は濃いあごひげを生やしていて癖毛です

There are four sunflowers and another flower in the garden. ------> 庭に4本のひまわりと他の1本の花があります。

*花の名前がわからないときは　another flowerやsome flowers で会話してみる

dress pants ------> 礼装用のズボン

weekend- wear ------> 週末用の支度、カジュアルなもの

roll up ------> ズボンのすそをまくり上げる

He is rolling his pants up. -------> 彼はズボンのすそをまくり上げている

grill master ------> バーベキューの上手な人

hustler ------>詐欺師　

let's play pool!-------> ビリヤードやりましょう

across the pond ------> 太平洋の向こうで（pond =ocean) 

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発音練習

real,  really, rarely 

rarelyはseldom, hardlyと言い換えることもできる

 

think, thrill, thrilled, 

sink, 

 

(日本人でない人をforeignerと呼んでもいいか？）

講師によるとforeigner はオーケーだが foreign というとよそ者という感じがしてしまう

alienはダメ

一言で言うならforeigner は問題ない

people from other countries. ほかの国からの人　と遠回しにいう方法もあるが、そもそも、日本人と外国の人と区別する必要はない（どのようなときに区別して話をしたいですか？）

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can be の使い方

can be =possible, sometimes

Leaning English can be difficult. 英語を学習することは時々難しい。難しい可能性がある

My kids can be difficult, but usually, they are okay. うちの子供たちは時々難しいけれど、たいていは大丈夫です

My husband can be selfish. ----> 夫は時々、自分勝手です。自分勝手になる可能性がある

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宿題　Homework

Patterns in Conversation

......as ......as possible/ can ------> できるだけ～

 EX) I'll be back as soon as possible. 

EX) I'll work as hard as I can. 

 

as...... as possible　を使って1文

as .....as I can, のように as....as 主語can を使って1文

合計2つの例文を作る