Look high and low!
From Twitter:
Ⓐ Where’s my phone?
Ⓑ Call it.
Ⓑ Can’t. Dead battery.
Ⓑ How do yo know?!
Ⓐ I tried!
Ⓑ Why would someone answer?
Ⓐ The ringer says, “Answer and win a $1,000,000!”
Ⓑ Right! No one heard!
Ⓐ Yup.
Ⓑ Where’d ya look?
Ⓐ High and lo!
High & low means:
everywhere
sky & valley
The Answer is everywhere
From Twitter Feed:
【日本語らしい表現 英語では？】 「最後まで話を聞いて」 Listen to me to the last(☓) Hear me out. (○) “Before you say no, hear me out.” ダメだって言う前に最後まで話を聞いて。
From Twitter:
At The Japanese Ministry of Education
Taku: We should develop a ‘v’ and an ‘f;’ before you say ‘no,‘ listen to me to the last… (Listen to me until I finish talking.)
Toshi: Ridiculous.
Taku: Hear me out. (“Listen to my whole idea.”)
Toshi: Look: we don’t need to, as everyone can pronounce words such as ‘biolin’ in English with a ‘v’ and ‘f.’
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.
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.
From Twitter
You can do it!
Teacher: ＿①＿ you study, you’ll do well. Student: ＿②＿ I’m a genius!
Teacher: Yeah, ah–right.
Choices:
1 problem has 2 possible answers; Choose wisely:
a. whether or not
b. unless
c. provided
d. as long as
Answers And Explanations:
① as long as or provided because these mean ‘if’
② unless because it means but not if + S + Subject Complement/Predicate… / if + S am not + Gerund/if + S + don’t + Bare Infinitive
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.
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.
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.
From Twitter:
Yumiko: I made these masks. They ① made ② drapes. Usually surgical masks ③ made ④ cotton.
Teacher: Wow! They are beautiful.
Choose the best answers for each missing word:
from
are
were
of
From Twitter
I ① go shopping at the market after cleaning the house each morning. The Corona Virus situation has change our ② activities.
A. usual
B. usually
Answer And Explanation
① A. ‘usually;’ is an adverb, which is required to help (“modify”) the verb go.
② B. ‘usual’ is an adjective, which is needed to help (“modify”) the noun activities.
