My Road

I'm a stranger here. 私もこの辺りはわかりません 近年、外国人観光客の増加に伴い、東京では外国の方から道を聞かれることが増えました。 英語がよくわからない。 聞かれた場所をよく知らない。 こんな時に役立つフレーズです。 I can't speak english. よりはかっこいいかもしれませんね（←オイ）。

ラジオ英会話 第 1 週 Games with Balls

ラジオ英会話 第 3 週 Findinf the Silver Lining silver lining Every cloud has a silver lining. 明るい兆し・希望の光

英語を習おうと思った時に、英会話カフェという選択肢もあります。私は 2 年以上通っていますが、その中で感じたことを書いてみます。

ラジオ英会話 第 2 週 Overcoming Problems

メモ。 complain about to protest someone or something protest：主張する,断言する nag saying again again, to pester someone about someone or something → a nagger：うるさい人 ex ) She nagged him to buy her a new coat. chores task, things to do impolite not polite or courteous polite：showing good manners toward others definitely yes の強調。absolutely に近い。 awful bad, terrible forgetful 忘れっぽい人 動作についてのいろいろ turn on,turn down take off, take out hang up let out pick up

Dinner Guest invite over invite someone to your house ex ) Come over and have a drink. 家に来て一杯飲もう。 talk ear off to talk to someone endlessly mad at 腹を立てる How did this all come about? どうしてそうなった？ have a falling-out a disagreement 仲違い, 言い争い I heard about that. それは聞いたことがあります。 Tough Meeting Don't ask. You do not want know. Was it that bad? そんなにひどかったですか？ not see eye to eye to agree about someone or something with someone else not see eye to eye, 同じ方向性ではない、同じ向きではないというイメージでしょうか。 Three Is a Crowd Three Is a Crowd. Two is company, three is a crowd. 多人数になればなるほどまとまらなくなるという諺。 get something off one's chest Say something that one has wanted to say for a long time 胸の内を明かす Fair enough. I agree. ごもっとも Fair enough. は口語でもよく使われるみたいですね。 Busybody by the Rear Window busybody an expression used to introduce an opinion or suggestion おせっかい That's his business. (Mind your own business) do not be so interested in what other people are doing 彼の勝手だから、口出しすべきではない

on the rocks 暗礁に乗り上げて She blames me for all of her problems. Have you ever considerd ...ing? することを考えたことがありますか？ as a last resort 最後の手段として。 I'll consider it. 考えてみます。 As a resort, call me friend, Irene. resort 支援や援助を得る手段から転じて「リゾート」の意味が生まれた。 All the hotels in Komimachi are booked. Did you try Tonarimahci? Yeah, but I had dno luck. As a last resort, call Hotel Aki in.

I'll find out what the problem is. 何が問題なのか調べてくる Be right back. すぐに戻る temporarily out of service 一時的に 運転見合わせ jam-packed ぎゅうぎゅう詰め Normal service will resume shortly. 平常通りの運行がまもなく再開します。 How's it going? The malware has been removed. Good! Normal operation will resume shortly.

You'll have to と You're going to 双方とも、未来のことについて。 You'll have to ... が 「将来 ... しなければならなくなる」、 You're going to ... は 「近い将来 ... しなければならなくなる」 となる。 I'm going to have to replace my laptop. My brother has one he wants to sell. He does? Yes. Do you want to talk to him? Words How much would that cost? （そうしたら）いくらかかりますか？ I can't afford that. そんな余裕はない。

Can I help with the dishes? That would be great. go kaput broken - from the German word 'kaputt' 壊れた、ダメになった、いかれた - ドイツ語を語源とする。 More Info The dishwasher went kaput.  The dishwasher broke down.  The dishwasher conked out. [casual]  The dishwasher doesn't work at all. Let's get it fixed. それを直そう。 It's beyond repair . もう直らない。 I can make do without it. なくても間に合う

Home Workout Equipment How's it going? -> Good. -> FIne. -> Okay. -> Not good. can't make heads or tail of I can't make heads or tails of these instructions. I couldn't make heads or tails of the ending. さっぱり分からない。 It's useless. 役に立たない。 Thank you! -> Anytime. (くだけた表現) -> You're welcome.

prequel と sequel についてのトピックス（映画や物語に関連する単語）。

あなたではない You You can't ware blue jeans in office from Monday to Thursday. I can't ware blue jeans in office from Monday to Thursday. We can't ware blue jeans in office from Monday to Thursday. 1 は、一般的な「あなた」ではなく、漠然とすべての「人」を指して禁止事項を言っています。 2 は、自分だけダメ。他の人は OK 。 3 は、1 のニュアンスに近いので言えなくもないが、We の説明が前に来ていないと誰だかわからないので一般的ではないそうです。 You のこの用例は、日本語では普通である「主語の省略」に近いと思います。ただ、英語は常に S + V ~ の型を取るため、便宜上の You ということなのでしょうね。これは面白いです。

Sneeze・くしゃみ Achoo! (us), Atishoo! (uk) Bless you. -> Thank you. -> Excuse me. Bless you. は God bless you. の略。 (例文) Achoo! Achoo! Achoo! -> Are you all right? --> Yeah, it's nothing. (なんでもないよ) --> It's my hay fever. (花粉症なんです) --> It's just my allergies acting up. (アレルギー) --> It's the dust. (埃です・訪問中は避ける) --> Maybe I'm catching something. (なにかのかかり始めかも) Take an elevator・エレベーターに乗る 黙って乗るのが基本ルール。 目があった時は、軽くスマイル、 Hi. というあいさつ。 (例文) Which floor? / What floor? -> Five, please. 押してもらったら... --> Thanks. / Thank you. 上 / 下ですか？ Going up / down? 【すでに押してあった場合】 You got it already. Thanks. 【頼みたい場合】 Could you press five,  please. 【閉じかけたエレベーター】 Hold the elevator, please! 【道案内】 There's an elevator over there. That'll taka you up to the ticket gate. To go to 30th floor, please take Elevator 2 down the hallway. 【階層】 アメリカ 1階 = first floor イギリス 1階 = ground floor 2階 = first floor イギリスが統治していた国は、

Piano that survived atomic bombing returns home. be owned by 所蔵、所有される。 ground zero the exact place where a nuclear bomb explodes about 1.5 kilometers from ground zero move out 転出、出て行く He moved out when he was 18. district 地区 Malala wins World'S CHildren's Prize children's rights 子供の権利 took part in 加わる、貢献する

turn out 結果が出る It didn't turn out very well. I can't live with this! 耐えられない。 I can't live with you. ridiculous crazy or silly harf-closed 半目

Can I have a word with you? (I'd like a word with you.) -> I need to speak to you briefly in private. 手短な話であること。 Oh, blimy! -> surprise or annoyance Jolly Good! go on -> next, continue up to par I'm just not feeling up to par today.

I didn't think much of it. I wasn't so impressed with it. It wasn't so impressive. It didn't make much of an impact on me. How did you find the last movie by Tarantino? Well, I don't think much of it. I wouldn't know. informal I have strong opinions but I wouldn't know how to express them in dance.  If I said something that offended one of my students and they didn't tell me, I wouldn't know.

Don't ask! How did we do in the bridge tournament? Don't ask! for hours I've been waiting for hours. to say the least they were upset to say the least. Who wouldn't be? 誰でもそうなる run out Our food is running out.