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.’
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.
Try it!
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
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.
Homemade Masks!
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
What I do And What Is Done
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.
Comedians in Cafe on Diet
Jerry: What do you ①–a soy or meat burger?
Alec: I would ② have soy.
Jerry: ③ a vegetarian diet, I still got fat.
Alec: ④ eating soy, so am I.
Ricky: You’re both ridiculous.
Use all choices in the spaces above:
prefer
despite
rather
In spite of my
Answers And Explanations
Jerry: What do you (①) prefer–a soy or meat burger? ‘Prefer’ is used regarding choices.
Alec: I would (②) rather have have soy. ‘Rather’ precedes a verb, such as ‘have.’
Jerry: (③) Despite a vegetarian diet, I still got fat. ‘Despite` precedes a noun.
Alec: (④) In spite of my eating soy, so am I. ‘In spite of’ precedes a noun or a… pronoun or Proper Noun and then a verb. But here, we have ‘my,’ which couldn’t come before the ‘a vegetarian diet’ in number ③。
Ricky: You’re both ridiculous.