Vocabulary – Page 2 – SEI 新宿英会話教室 BLOG

”Corona Quiz”

Dear Followers, please answer:
① Social Distancing means:
a. not meeting friends
b. not meeting friends and others
c. not meeting friends and others in person/staying at least 6 feet apart

② # ① is important because:
a. We should avoid the sick.
b. We don’t know who is sick.

Left-hand Photo: Ben Garratt; Right-hand Photo: James Lee

Answers And Explanation
① c. Social Distancing means: not meeting friends and others in person/staying at least 6 feet apart (the ‘staying 6 feet or 2 meters’ bit is the whole point; It doesn’t make sense to avoid seeing friends people most of the time, if when you do see them you stand close together!)
② b. We don’t know who is sick. We could be the sick one! IN fact, that is how we should act: as if we are all infected.

Get Him to Do It

Ⓐ I need a cosplay costume.
Ⓑ Can ya make one?
Ⓐ Not what I want.
Ⓑ Which is?
Ⓐ A Mercury spacesuit!
Ⓑ ① Ryan Nagata (@ryannagata) do it!
Ⓐ We’re not buddies!
Ⓑ Pay him!
Ⓐ I’m not rich.
Ⓑ ② him to do it with a favor!
Ⓐ Like?
Ⓑ Dunno.
③ him!
Ⓐ I’m not a gangster!

get
have
make

Dr. Jomes

From Twitter:
Dr. Jomes and his father are archaeologists digging in Iraq.

Dr. Jomes: Look at this. This is a language I’ve never….
Dr. Jomes Sr.: Seen before!
Dr. Jomes: You can’t figure out any of it?
Dr. Jomes Sr: I can’t ①

Choices:
make tails or heads of it
sense of it
make heads or tails of it

The answer and Explanation is make heads or tails of it, which is a common expression meaning figure it out/understand it. To learn why we say this, come to class.

ビギナーのレベル (Beginner)

From Twitter:

Student: This is what?
Teacher: No. Say: “What is this.”
Answer?: This is a book.
Teacher: So. _①_ is that?
Student: That is Sam.
Teacher: Right.
Student: Teacher, _②_ is my pen?
Teacher: Your Pen is here.

whose
who
where’s
when
where

Answers And Explanation
①　what, because we switch the object (or where the name of the item or person would be) to subject’s position and replace it with ‘who,’ ‘what,’ ‘when,’ ‘where,’ or ‘how.’
② Where, because ‘where’ is the question word for locations.

Corona City Hall

Tomomi: I ① the Kita Ku City Hall Children’s Center ② infected with #coronavirus, but that 4 or 5 days passed before the citizens ③ notified.

Cassy: Really? That’s criminally stupid.
Tomomi: I think it’s just criminal.
Cassy: Well, it’s both.

Choose:
heard
were
hear
was
is

Huh?

From Twitter:

Sam: Hi Jan.
Jan: Hello, Sam.
Sam: How’ve you been?
Jan: All right. And you?
Sam: ①, not bad, but it’s getting hard.
Jan: ②, you mean social distancing?
Sam: ③, not meeting people…. ④, it’s lonely.

Yeah
Hmm
Uh
Oh

Answers
① Oh, because though Sam is thinking–this is almost a standard expression.
② Hmm, because Jan is thinking about the reason.
③ Yeah, because Sam is confirming Jan’s suspicion or guess.
④ Uh, because Sam is thinking and searching for the right effect or words.

Casual Talk 1

I’ｍ hungry; let’s grab ①　 ② ！

Best Answer only, not merely a “right answer:” Ｎｏｔ e: 1 question has 2 possible answers.
ⓐ grub
ⓑ meal
© the
ⓓ some
ⓔ food
Pic: #EdgarCastrejon #リラックスした英語 #会話セッション #新宿イングリッシュインスティテュート

Answers And Explanation:
① some, as we need a qualifier like an article, before the next noun, and some is the only choice.
② grub or food are the casual choices and the meal or some meal doesn’t make sense; come to class to understand why.

Asking about Someone’s Meal

From Twitter:
What’s the usual expression?

① What did you have for lunch?
② What did you chow for lunch?　　
③ What did you eat for lunch?
④ What did you had for lunch?

The answer and explanation is: ① ‘What did you have for lunch?‘ We don’t usually say ‘eat’ (choice ③) unless we want to focus on the physical act of consuming food or unless the listener(s) did not hear ‘have’ after several attempts to ask.

Crazy Behavior

A: What happened ① ya?
B: A guy threw a mask ② me, so I yelled ③ him and we fought.
A: What’ya say ④ him?
B: “Hey, that’s crazy!”
A: He thought you called HIM crazy.
B: No. So he got angry?
A: Yes.
B: No. I called his BEHAVIOR crazy.
A: In Japan, it’s the same.

Choices
by
to
at
with

Answers And Explanations
① with, because we refer to a situation one is involved with.
② at, because we throw things friendly-like to someone and angrily at someone.
③ at, to, because we yell at a person.
④ to, because we say something to a person.

Meditation

From Twitter:
Student: How do I meditate?
Teacher: Sit and breathe.
S: I keep＊having thoughts.
T: Yes.
S: I thought the goal was to achieve a clear mind.
T: Yes.
S: How do I do that?
T: Keep＊ trying.
S: How?
T: Let ideas disappear, like clouds, and breathe.

＊Keep means:
own
continue
have

Answer and Explanation:
The answer is ‘continue’ (in this context).
In other contexts the meaning is to have or own/take for oneself.