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「〜にもかかわらず、でも」を英語にすると？
【間違いやすい英語】 失敗してもあきらめなかった。 X Despite of failure, I didn't give up. ✅ Despite failure, I didn't give up. despite: ～にもかかわらず in spite of ～: ～にもかかわらず
財布を無くした? miss my wallet?
今日の授業で次のような間違いがありました。 ‘miss'と'lose'は似ていますが、違います。生徒さんが'I miss my wallet'と話しましたが、こちらは不自然です。 'miss'=感情, lose＝無くす、なので ‘I lost my wallet'が正解です。 ‘I am missing my wallet' だったら大丈夫です。 #SEI英会話 #英会話
I Don't Care for It
From Twitter Friendly Banter Paul: I don't ___ ____ science fiction movies. Alec: That's why you're a boring person. Paul: Oh! You're an asshole. Alec: Ha ha. Yes, I am, just like you--but at least I'…
Don't Say This
From Twitter Don't say: There are two members in my family I'm business/salary man I live Saitama I have a wife My first son Try: I'm ① clerk. I ② for Sony. I live ③ Saitama. I ④ married and ⑤ two kid…
Image & Impressions
From Twitter What is your __ of the Japanese government response to #COVID19 ? My __ of the US is one of ethnic strife, freedom, lots of space. Toshi: What's your __ of @GretaThunberg ? Rie: Who's tha…
Space Shot
From Twitter Read We_ ① _ been _ ② _ #Shuttle 31 years when it was _ ③ _ in 2011. May 27 @ 5:33am Asia Pacific Time (4:33pm Eastern Standard Time) 2 @NASA astronauts launch on a @SpaceX #Falcon #CrewD…
It's Over
From Twitter When I was young, my mother got aggravated if my things were _ ① _． When we blew the mini-fireworks, confetti _ ② _. I'm _ ③ _ this TV series. It's boring, now. Jo: Do you wanna go get a…
What Were You Doing When...?
From Twitter: Read: _____ drinking tea only ten minutes before the phone rang. Choose: have been was had been Answers & Explanations The answers are 'had been' (formal, correct and written) and 'was'…
Freedom
From Twitter: https://twitter.com/sayinsei/status/1264072935666417664 Photo: Katie Rodriguez Answer The answer is 'shut them down.' The meaning is akin to "stop," " end," "discontinue," #terminate" an…
Let's Go Abroad
From Twitter The corona virus has changed life on Earth for our race (the human one); many have died, more are sick. Social, economic, occupational and family lives have worsened--in some cases improv…
Do you Know him?
Frik: Do you know that guy? Frak: I _ Frik: Do you know that guy? Frak: I __ his face, but don't __ whom he is. Choices remember recognize realize The answers 'recognize' and 'remember' are interchang…
Get That Hair Cut!
In America, in the fifties and sixties, conservative fathers made their sons keep their hair short ; they had them--or even made them have their hair cut . This was harder to do when the resistance to…