Friends S1:EP17
1. There's not much we can do! Um...unless I use yours.
これ以上何も出来ることはないわ！ ん〜 あなたの（保険を）使う事以外にね。
Unless = except if で覚える。「B unless A = Aで"無い"限り、Bである」
Friends S1:EP15
1. stop by (pv.)
to go into a place for a short time when you are going somewhere else:
2. unless (conj.)
I just don't have a lot of cheffing experience unless it'a an all-toast restaurant.
(= If it's an all-toast restaurant, I can work.)
used to say what will or will not happen if something else does not happen or is not true; except if:
She won’t go unless you go (= If you do not go, she will not go either, but if you go, she will go).You can’t get a job unless you’ve got the experience(= You can only get a job if you have experience).
3. eclectic (adj.)
consisting of different types, methods,styles, etc.:
It was an eclectic mix of our ethnic foods and traditional Thanksgiving food.
4. guess what?
used before telling someone something interesting or surprising:
5. blaze up a doobie.
blaze (v.)
doobie (n.)
(plural doobies) (slang) A marijuana cigarette; a joint.
Friends S1:EP13
1. You just barge in here
barge in (phv.)
2. open weave (n.)
縫い目が粗い（繊維が詰まっていなくて、向こう側が透けて見える状態）
weave (v.)
[ I/T ] past tense wove US/woʊv/ weaved, past participle woven US/ˈwoʊ·vən/ weaved to makecloth by repeatedly passing a single threadin and out through long threads on a loom(= special frame):
3. relatively (adv.)
in comparison with other similar things or with what you expect:
relatively few/little Scottish businesses have relatively few problems with skill levels in the workforce compared to the rest of Britain.relatively cheap/inexpensive Phone calls are relatively cheap, with a mix of monthly packagesand pay-as you-go services.relatively large/small Investments that generally go up or down in value in relatively small amounts are considered "low volatility" investments.
4. Did I miss something between...(you and Rachel)?
あなた達の間で何かがあったことを見逃してたりする？＝何かあったの？
If you miss something, you fail to notice it.From this vantage point he watched, his searching eye never missing a detail.[VERB noun]It's the first thing you see as you come round the corner. You can't miss it. [VERBnoun]Sergeant Cobbins was an experienced officer and didn't miss much. [VERB noun]
5. I was hoping for more of change
もっと変えて欲しかったんだけど
6. intimacy (n.)
[ U ] a situation in which you have a close friendship or sexual relationship with someone:
Intimacy between teachers and students is not recommended.
7. mortician (n.)
⇔ undertaker (n.)
a person whose job is to prepare dead bodies that are going to be buried or cremated (= burned) and to organize funerals
8. It blows (slang)
Means absolutely terrible
Kid: Hey hows your football team?
Other Kid: it blows
9. tit for tat (n.)
actions done intentionally to punish other people because they have done something unpleasant to you:
10. conceivable (adj.)
11. overshadow (v.)
to cause someone or something to seem less important or less happy:
Friends S1-EP12
1. He made a move on me.
make a move on (one)
To attempt to attract one romantically. The term is usually used negatively. Ew, that guy made a move on you? He'slike twice your age.
The Science Behind Why Music Makes Us Feel So Good
1. Our coming of age is marked by a personal soundtrack
2. attest (v.)
to show something or to say or prove that something is true:
Thousands of people came out onto the streets to attest their support for the democratic oppositionparty.The number of old German cars still on the roadattests (to) the excellence of their manufacture.As his career attests, he is a world-class tennisplayer.
3. determine (v.)
C1 [ T often passive ] to control or influence something directly, or to decide what will happen:
Eye colour is genetically determined.
4. revelation (n.)
C2 the act of making something known that was secret, or a fact that is made known:
a moment of revelation[ + that ] His wife divorced him after the revelation that he was having an affair.
5. deviate (v.)
to do something that is different from the usual or common way of behaving:
6. repetitive (v.)
C1 involving doing or saying the same thing several times, especially in a way that is boring:
7. compel (v.)
to force someone to do something:
formal The new circumstances compelled a changein policy.
8. mundane (adj.)
C1 very ordinary and therefore not interesting:
9. intricacy (n.)
intricacies [ plural ][ U ] the quality of having a lot ofcomplicated small parts or details:
the intricacy of the needlework
10. forte (n.)
a strong ability, something that a person can do well:
Cooking was not exactly her forte.
11. indulge (v.)
to allow yourself or someone else to have something enjoyable:
What are you doing? (What is your job?)
2:20 - We would like to hire those who can speak English and are intereseted in working at our company.
About Improving speaking skill (my opinion)
I've been studying English for almost 10 years since I was a freshman in an University. Recently, I realized that the most important thing to improve speaking skill is to understand the English used and spoken in the specific situations and contexts. We need to implant images of which native speakers use their english in specific occasions, in our brain. If you do this, you will come across light-bulb moments in you daily life when you try to speak English.
Through out this process, you can learn that words and expressions used in specific situations.
About family food in Japan
Everyone has a favorite so-called "mother's taste" dish. For me, it is Mapodofu.
Mapodofu is a chinese spicy dish made of been curd with green onions, minced beef and some chinese flavorings. This is not a Japanese dish, but I love this so mcuh.
When I have a opportunity to go back to Japan and meet my mother, I alwasy ask her to make it for me. That's how much I love it.
1. a mother's taste
おふくろの味
2. Food, Dish, Meal
Food is a general word that refers to anything you can eat.
What is your favourite food?
Are you allergic to any food?
Dish has multiple meanings in English, but it can mean type of food, or food prepared and cooked in a particular way.
My mother’s favourite dish is roast lamb with mashed potato.
Do you have any vegetarian dishes? (The speaker is at a restaurant and is asking if there are any meals that don’t have meat in them.)
At a restaurant there could be 10 different things on the menu to choose from. So, there are 10 different dishes on the menu.
Dish is commonly used when talking about food from a particular place or country.
My favourite Mexican dish is fish tacos. (The speaker explains that of the many types of Mexican food, fish tacos are her favourite.)
Meal is an occasion, or time when you eat. The most common meals are breakfast, lunch and dinner.
My favourite food is avocado. My favourite dish is spaghetti carbonara. My favourite meal is breakfast!
3. That's how much I love it.
That's how much 〜 そのくらい〜
Breasts: The Real Reason Men Love Them
1. staple (n.)
a basic food, or a main product or material:
Because of the storm, most stores were low on staples such as bread and milk.
Scandals are a newspaper staple.
2. curvaceous (adj.)
A curvaceous woman has a body with attractive curves.
3. heterosexual (adj.)
a person who is sexually attracted to people of the opposite sex
⇔ homosexual
4. We happen to be heterosexual men.
- happen to
to do or be by chance:
[ + to infinitive ] I happened to come across this book I think you would like.
[ + to infinitive ] I happen to think he’s right (= I do, although others may not).
5. obsession (n.)
the control of one’s thoughts by a continuous, powerful idea or feeling, or the idea or feeling itself:
[ U ] His interest in detective stories has turned to obsession.
[ C ] They have an obsession with making money.
6. Women are the only female mammals whose breasts become enlarged at puberty, independent of pregnancy.
- enlarge (v.)
to become larger, or to cause something to become larger:
The city council voted to enlarge the park.
- puberty (n.)
the stage in a person’s life when the person develops from a child into an adult because of changes in the body that make the person able to have children
7. caress (v.) /kəˈres/
to touch or kiss someone in a gentle and loving way:
Gently he caressed her cheek.
8. stimulate (v.)
to make someone excited and interested about something:
The show was intended to stimulate and amuse.
[ + obj + to infinitive ] Good teachers should ask questions that stimulate students to think.
Erotic images are often more sexually stimulating to men than to women.
9. foreplay (n.)
the sexual activity such as kissing and touching that people do before they have sex
10. arousal (n.) /əˈraʊ.zəl/
a state of (sexual) arousal (= being sexually excited)
- arouse (v.)
1. to cause someone to have a particular feeling:
It's a subject that has aroused a lot of interest.
Our suspicions were first aroused when we heard a muffled scream.
2. to cause someone to feel sexual excitement
11. Nearly 60 percent explicitly asked to have their nipples touched.
- explicit (adj.) → explicitly (adv.)
communicated directly in a clear and exact way:
I gave them explicit directions on how to get here.
asked to have their nipples touched.
Have + object + past participle
'I cut my hair' means that I do it myself.
'I have my hair cut means someone cuts my hair for me (in this case it's probably a hairdresser).We use have something done to mean another person does a service for us.
The grammar for this is pretty simple:
Have + object + past participle
12. oblige (v.) /əˈblɑɪdʒ/
to help someone by doing something that they have asked you to do
The fans wanted more goals, and Ferguson duly obliged.
happy/glad/willing to oblige: If there’s anything else I can do, I’m always happy to oblige.
13. kajillion (n.)
(slang, hyperbolic) An unspecified large number (of).
14. be drawn to something/someone
"to be drawn to a person" means "to be attracted to a person". This does not necessarily mean sexually or romantically, but it is often used that way.
You may be thinking of "drawn" in the artistic sense, as in making a sketch, but that would be phrased as "you are drawn by her". It is also possible to use "drawn" in the sense of "attracted" with "by", as in the sentence, "He was drawn by her passionate denunciation of the political corruption."
15. engrain → ingrain (v.)
to establish something such as a belief so firmly that it is not likely to change:
We want to ingrain good financial habits in people.
16. be confronted with something
if a problem or difficult situation confronts you, you have to deal with it
the problems confronting the church
be confronted with something: She was confronted with the biggest crisis of her political life.
17. gratification (n.)
pleasure or satisfaction, or something which provides this:
sexual gratification
Some people expect instant gratification (= to get what they want immediately).
18. pastoral (adj.)
(of a piece of art, writing, or music) having or representing the pleasant, traditional features of the countryside:
a pastoral scene
19. opt (v.)
to make a choice, especially of one thing or possibility instead of others:
Mike opted for early retirement.
[ + to infinitive ] Most people opt to have the operation
20. shout somthing down [shout down something] (pv.)
to prevent someone who is speaking at a meeting from being heard, by shouting:
She was shouted down when she tried to speak on the issue of abortion.
21. in turn
because of that:
Stress causes your body to release chemicals, which in turn boost blood pressure.
22. a woman is in good health and therefore a top-notch prospect to bear and raise children.
女性は健康で、それゆえに、子供を生んだり育てることのできる最高の可能性がある
- top-notch (adj.)
excellent; of very good quality:
His level of fitness will have to be top-notch for him to play professional basketball.
- prospect (n.)
the possibility or likelihood that something will happen:
[ C ] Losing the elections is a prospect that still appears unlikely.
[ U ] She smiled at the prospect of seeing him again.
[ pl ] Prospects (= Chances for success) in the computer industry are excellent.
23. We don’t get pregnant, and bear children.
get pregnant (action/process) [get + adjective = action / process / becoming something]
be pregnant (state) [be + adjective = state]
24. contour (n.)
the shape of a mass of land or other object, especially its surface or the shape formed by its outer edge:
the rugged contour of the coast
He studied the contours of her face.
Her latest collection of swimwear shows off the contours of the human body to perfection.
25. bunk (n.)
complete nonsense, or something that is meant to deceive:
Most doctors think his theories are bunk.
26. engage in (pv.)
to take part in something:
The two governments have agreed to engage in a comprehensive dialogue to resolve the problem.
27. elaborate (adj.)
containing a lot of connected parts or many complicated details:
an elaborate ceremony
28. instigation (n.)
the act of causing an event or situation tohappen by your actions:
29. forge (v.)
to make or produce something,especially with some difficulty:
30. oddity (n.)
someone or something that is strange andunusual:
As one of the few women in engineering in the 1950s, she was considered an oddity.
31. quirk (n.)
an unusual habit or type of behavior, or something that is strange and unexpected:
a personality quirkIt’s just one of the quirks of living there.
32. exploit (v.)
