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使い分け: 急ぐ・急だ: In A Hurry / an emergency / in a rush
From Twitter Choose: A . Are you __? B. Yes. C'mon, give me my sandwich and let me pay. A. Is it __? B. If it were an emergency would I be buying a sandwich? I have __; I'm meeting my mother-in-law; i…
Cola? What do you mean?
From Twitter: 答えは？ Fill in: A: What're you drinking? B: Cola. A: You mean seltzer? Root beer? Ginger ale? B. No. Pepsi. A. Nobody likes Pepsi; all __ is trash, but if we drink it, we get Coke. B. What…
News
From Twitter: News Choose the best answers: Jan: What's new? Joe: Not much; and with you? Jan: I have __ news. Joe: Really?; __ to hear that. Jan: Snoobie __. Joe: Really? Damn. __ too __. a. good b.…
Going to THE Supermarket
From Twitter: Choose: 1. a 2. some 3. the A: I'm going to supermarket. B: What do you mean; how can you ''supermarket"? A: I'm going shopping. B: Oh, you mean you're going "to __ supermarket"? A. Of c…
Living Abroad
From Twitter: Choose: 1. One of the things that's hard to get used to living in Japan is: a. how close things are. b. things how close. c. things so close here. The answer is 'a,' because it is a com…
Vocabulary And Philosophy
From Twitter: S: Why can't I speak English? T: Daily you need immersion--story, talk shows, native conversation and to stop focusing on grammar. S: Why? T: It's peripheral, map learning, not language-…
Nearby Neighbors & Neighborhoods
My new _________ lives ________ in my new ___________. He just moved in, as I have.* He is from New York, as I am**--and that's great in a foreign country--to have a friend from home--to talk to. A. n…
Did You Know
Did you know? We vary the intonation of the 2nd verb if referring twice to the same noun? Choose: 1. Please set your mobile phone to silent mode, and refrain from talking on the phone. 2. Please set y…
"Like night 'n day. "
"Like night and day" means "very different". A. Where're ya from? B . New York. A. Ya like Tokyo? B. It's OK--too crowded, rushed... noisy? A. New Yorkers are used to it! B. I'm from Long Island. A. B…
Birthdays And Dates
Choose: Adam: When's your birthday? 1. Jimmy: August; you know that. It's ___ the 11th. J: When's yours? 2. A: Now you're the stupid one. It's ___ August too! a. on b. in ANSWERS: a (on) How to rememb…
Issue: AI
Many people--famous people--scholars, scientists, engineers, philosophers and neuro-scientists are concerned about AI。People such as Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, Sam Harris, the late Stephen Hawking、Nick…
【会話で学ぼう】Get A Bite
Jon: Where can we get a bite? (To "get a bite" is to have something to eat.) Don: What'ya want? ("What'ya want?" is a slang contraction of "what do you want?" ) Jon: Not meat. Don: Japan's not veggie-…