Friends S1:EP9
1. I was wondering do you think it would be possible if I got a hundread-dollar advance on my salary?
a) spoken used to ask someone politely to help you
I was wondering if I could borrow your car?
b) used to ask someone politely if they would like to do something
I was wondering if you’d like to come to dinner.
2. Are you wearing make-up?
→化粧してるの？
putting on make-upは、「化粧をする」というVerb。wearingの方はstate.
3. As of today,
starting from a particular time:
As of next month, all the prices will go up.
We won't be living here anymore as of tomorrow.
4. I'm off to Carol's
"I am off to" is an idiom that means "I'm leaving for" or "I'm going to" somewhere. It can refer to an immediate departure:
I'm off to work right now
or to an upcoming departure:
I'm off to Prague {in a few days / next Monday}.
5. inflatable (adj.)
An 80-foot inflatabale dog loose over the city?
able to be inflated (= filled with air or gas):
an inflatable mattress
a. inflate (v.)
[ I/T ] to cause an object to increase in size and shape by filling it with air or gas, or (of an object) to become larger as a result of this process:
[ T ] to inflate balloons
[ I ] Air bags in cars are designed to inflate automatically on impact.
6. Potatoes are ruined.
destroyed or spoiled:
an ancient ruined castle
a. spoil (v.)
[ I or T ] When food spoils or is spoiled, it is no longer good enough to eat:
The dessert will spoil if you don't keep it in the fridge.
Talking about my career 1
I was not able to continue to capitalize on that as well as I used to be.
Friends S1:EP8
1. vague (adj.)
not clearly stated, described, or explained, or not clearly seen or felt:
She had a vague feeling that something had gone terribly wrong.
I have only a vague memory of the house where I lived as a child.
2. Do you know what it's like to grow up with someone who is critical of every single thing you say?
know what it is (like) to
to be familiar with how it feels to be or do something:
She knows what it's like to go bankrupt - it happened to her 20 years ago.
critical (adj.)
expressing an opinion about something or someone, esp. a negative opinion:
My mother is always so critical of the way I dress!
Friends S1:EP7
1. The weirdest place would have to be the foot of the bed.
Basically Rachel is being depicted as a terribly boring person who has only had a really boring sex life. Her sex life up until that point consisted, apparently, of sex in a bed without any sexual adventures. She said “the foot of the bed” to imply that at one time, they had sex out of position, but still on the bed. It could mean they were still lying on the bed or maybe she was bent over the foot of the bed instead of lying on it. It isn’t really clear but what is clear is the point that Rachel’s sex life up until that point is boring, which leads us to the sexually exciting relationship with Paulo later in the episode. The comment was a setup.
There are multiple continuity errors with this later in the show, with flashbacks and stories that show Rachel being much more sexually adventurous in high school and college, while also showing her as being willing to try new things later without any hang-ups that would normally go with someone being that sexually repressed early on, but its a sit-com that isn’t exactly known for its accuracy and continuity. For example, there is a whole episode where Rachel goes to eat at restaurants alone because she likes it and then several seasons later Ross makes fun of her for, wait for it, her inability to eat at restaurants alone.
2. Step back (phrasal v.)
to temporarily stop being involved in an activity or situation in order to think about it in a new way:
Let's just step back from the problem and think about what we could do.
3. overrated (adj.)
If something or someone is overrated, that person or thing is considered to be better or more important than they really are:
In my opinion, she's a hugely overrated singer.
Talking about Eigonodo
The oppsite word of "concrete" that I would like to say in the audio was "abstract"
Talking about my English
Talk to myself with words that I don't often use.
Preposterous - completely unreasonable and ridiculous; not to be believed:
Necessarily - (esp. in negatives) in all cases; as an expected result:
(negatives = negative sentences)
Not necessarily - Not all the time
Food in Sebia is cheap, but it doesn't necessarily mean bad quality.
Friends S1:EP6
1. be out of my league
（高嶺の花みたいなニュアンス）
someone or something is too good or expensive for someone to have: She was the most beautiful girl in school, and I knew she was out of my league. (Definition of “someone/something is out of someone's league” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
2. just for the hell of it → just for fun
informal
If you do something for the hell of it, you do it without having any particular purpose or wish, but usually for enjoyment:
3. widowed (adj.)
Oh, I'm sorry, so you are widowed?
used to describe a person whose husband or wife has died:
a widowed mother of three
4. I suppose mainly sexual.
（S + suppose 〜 「〜かなあ」みたいなニュアンス）
a) used to say you think something is true, although you are uncertain about it SYN I guess
I suppose (that)
I suppose you’re right.
So things worked out for the best, I suppose.
‘Aren’t you pleased?’ ‘Yes, I suppose so.’
5. I'm sorry (that) it didn't work out.
「上手く行かなかったようで残念ね。」
I'm sorry → ごめんなさい。じゃないということ。「残念だったね」という気持ちを伝える時に良く使う。
I'm sorry you didn't pass the exam. みたいな感じ。
6. How could you get involved with a woman like this?
involved with
If someone is involved with someone else, they have a romantic relationship.
7. Do you guys don't mind going out with someone who is going out with someone else?
mind + V-ing
8. bristle
a short, stiff hair:
[ C usually pl ] The old brush had lost most of its bristles.
9. We are not supposed to ask.
be supopsed to 大きく分けて、ObligationとExpectation(Intention)の意味がある
(1) to be intended to:
These batteries are supposed to last for a year.
We were supposed to have gone away this week, but Debbie's ill so we couldn't go.
How am I supposed to (= how can I) find that much money by the end of the week?
10. No one is gonna be able to tell
tell (v.)
[ I/T ] to know or recognize:
[ I ] It’s hard to tell which is better.
[ T ] It’s easy to tell a robin by its red breast.
[ + (that) clause ] I could tell that you were unhappy.
[ T ] This one is supposed to be better, but how can you tell the difference?
Friends S1:EP5
You weren't there!
（あなたはそこにいなかったじゃない！→助けてくれなかったじゃない！）
suds
the mass of small bubbles that forms on the surface of a liquid, esp. on water mixed with soap
That ought to do it.
（上手くいったみたい）
It's a common phrase that means "I've/ We've satisfactorily finished this job," or "This remedy will solve the problem." "That ought to take care of it" is a variation. You might hear this after a long period of hard work, i.e. struggling with a virus-infected computer or some other kind of repair work. "I've wiped the hard drive and reinstalled all your software. That ought to do it." (I don't know much about computers, sorry!)
Or someone might add it after suggesting a course of action: "If your children misbehave, try taking away their television for a week. That ought to do it."
It implies that from now on, things will proceed smoothly.
Day4: Cyber Monday
Cyber Monday
Today, when I saw CNN, the topic was about Cyber Monday, which is the biggest period for selling and buying some stuff in the U.S. Whey do I know this? Because I was a one of the companies to sell stuff in the U.S. during this period. Cyber Monday is a starting date of big shopping period. It lasts from this day to Christmas. Most americans are keen to buy stuff during this period because everything will be ceaper than ordinary price. It's said that the amount of sales will be the biggest in the year and it will be the same as the amount of total sales of other months. Now you can see how big burgen it is.
