One of the things I have to do before going to bed is take my medicine.

2022年3月28日（月）　

彼女は2週間前にお亡くなりになりました--------> She passed away two weeks ago.
彼女の死-------> Her death
私は彼女の死を聞いて驚いた/ショックを受けた/ 悲しんだ---------> I was surprised / shocked / sad to hear her death.

【full のついた表現と桜に関する表現】
満開-----> full bloom
満席-------> full house
満月--------> full moon
満タン------> full tank
その桜の木は満開になりました-------> The cherry tree is in full bloom.
桜が満開です-------> Cherry blossoms are in full bloom.
その桜の木々はまだ満開ではありません--------> The cherry blossoms are not in full bloom yet.
高崎の桜はまだ満開ではありません--------> The cherry blossoms in Takasaki are not in full bloom yet. / Takasaki’s cherry blossoms are not in full bloom yet.
私と家族は高崎公園で桜を見るのを楽しみにしています（直訳：桜を楽しむのを楽しみにしている）--------> My family and I are looking forward to enjoying cherry blossoms blooming in Takasaki park.
日本では春に楽しみでないことの一つは花粉症に苦しむことです-------> In Japan in spring one of the things I don’t look forward to is suffering from hay fever.
look for ------>探す
look forward to 動詞 ing -------> ～を楽しみにする
look forward to のto は不定詞のtoではなく前置詞のto
前置詞の後は名詞、または動名詞が来るので I look forward to the concert/ I look forward to going to concert. のような形になる

これは緊急事態です--------> This is an Emergency
Emerge ------> （動詞）現れる、出現する

【One of the things～】
家に帰った後しなければならないことの一つは、いくつかの花を庭の花壇に植えることです--------> One of the things I will have to do after I get back home is plant some flower in the flower bed in my garden.
昨日の新聞で読んだことの一つに高崎の感染者数が減っていないというのがありました--------> One of the things I read in newspaper yesterday was the number of infections in Takasaki isn’t going down.
彼が考えていることの一つは彼女にプロポーズすることです--------> One of the things he is thinking about is proposing to her.
彼が考えていることの一つはいつ、どこで、どうやって彼女にプロポーズするかです-------> One of the things he is thinking about is when, where, and how he should propose to her.
寝る前にしなければいけないことの一つは私の薬を飲むことです--------> One of the things I have to do before going to bed is take my medicine.
＊isの後が原形（take)になる理由: one of the things I have to　+　take my medicine (to不定詞につながるため）

【Is there anything you want to talk?】
ありがたいことに天気は良かったです-------> Fortunately, the weather was nice.
誰かと一緒に行きましたか--------> Did you go with anyone?
バスの乗客はバスを降りた後そこへ行きましたか-------> Did the passengers on the bus go there after getting off?
そこへ行くのは初めてでしたか--------> Was it the first time for you to go there?
運賃/ バスはいくらでしたか------> How much was the fare/ bus?
片道600円です------> One way is 600 yen.
往復は1200円です-------> Round trip is 1200 yen.

【How much 比較級を使った比較表現】
基本の比較級のおさらい　A is 形容詞+er than B. / A is more +形容詞 than B.
彼女の家はどのくらい大きいですか--------> How big is her house?
彼女の家はあなたの家よりどのくらい大きい--------> How much bigger is her house than yours?
彼女の家はあなたの家と比べてどのくらい大きい--------> How much bigger is her house compare to yours?
彼女の家はあなたの家よりどのくらい値段が高い----------> How much more expensive is her house than yours?
昨日と比べて今日はどのくらい風が強いですか-------> How much windier today compare to yesterday?
あなたのスマホはコンピューターに比べてどのくらい便利ですか--------> How much more useful is your new smartphone than your PC.
モモはウメよりどのくらい従順ですか--------> How much more submissive is Momo than Ume?
彼女の声はテレビよりどのくらい大きいですか--------> How much louder is her voice than the TV.

【so that】
so ～that----> soの後は形容詞か副詞　:とても～なので。。。。
such ～that------> suchの後は名詞：とても～なので。。。
This book is so good. ----> この本はとてもいいです
This is such a good book. -----> これはとても良い本です

今日はこんなにいい天気なので、高崎公園を散策するつもりです-------> Today is such a beautiful day that I’m going to stroll through Takasaki Park.
あなたの赤ちゃんはとてもかわいいから抱っこしたいです--------> Your baby is so cute that I want to hold her.
このコーヒーはとても濃いのでミルクを足す方がいい-------> This coffee is so strong that I should add some milk.
このオレンジはとてもおいしいのでもっと食べたい-------> This orange is so delicious that I want to eat more.
このカレーはとても辛いのでもう食べられない---------> This curry is so spicy that I can’t eat it anymore.
このカレーは辛すぎて食べられない---------> This curry is too spicy to eat.
Kismet　(トルコ語で宿命）=fate
Mnemonic (s)　ニモニク-----> 記憶を助ける

【Sing- sang-sung】発音練習
The rain sang the same song.
The sun has sung one song.
At the Karioki, I sang two songs.
I have never sung this song in front of people.
Before I married I never sang in front of anyone.

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Private lesson on March 23.

Review
#1, If someone says "I'm really sorry for being so rude and drunk, I feel terrible." -----> You can say, " Let bygones be bygones." "Bygones" or "Water under the bridge."
#2, If a friend of yours was a relationship, they broke up and she or he said, "I don't wanna go through again." ----> You can say, "Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." or "it's better to have loved at all."

For a child he is wise.
Sage :(n) a person who is very wise
Sageness
sage advice- wise advice
What sage advice would you give your children?
1, Love 2, Perseverance /ˌpɚsəˈvirəns/ パァサ-・ヴィランス: the quality that allows someone to continue trying to do something even though it is difficult 3, gratitude
When we need to persevere. (パーサヴィァ)
to be grateful for
to be grateful when
They should be grateful to people who / anything which contribute to their well-being in any way.
in any way
contribute : to give (something, such as money, goods, or time) to help a person, group, cause, or organization

power outage / power shortage
blackout
suffix -age (age-family)
garbage
usage
outage
shortage
Because of the recent earthquake there was a thermal elctronical genation system that is affected by this ability to create the as the normal level has been reduced so that means the margin between power and no power is closer, so before amount
The requests by the government to the media you should reduce your use of power.
cut down
she has no real way of knowing.

Speak of the devil.: said when a person appears just after being mentioned.
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know/ Better the devil you know: it's wiser to deal with an undesirable but familiar situation than to risk a change that might lead to an even worse situation.
EX) They both seem awful, but better the devil you know.
EX) You had a lot of troubles of your iPhone. Why don't you buy Andoroid? - Well, better the devil you know. (than the devil you don't know.)
devil-may-care : cheerful and reckless./ easygoing
devil-may-care attitude
EX) He has a devil-may-care attitude to life.
play devil's advocate : If you play devil's advocate in a discussion or debate, you express an opinion which you may not agree with but which is very different from what other people have been saying, in order to make the argument more interesting.

Private Lesson on March 16.

(There are) a cuple of things I got annoucement.
flustered
We had a little problem connecting.
bury the hatchet :If two people bury the hatchet, they become friendly again after a quarrel or disagreement.
: to agree to stop arguing or fighting : to end a disagreement and become friendly
Beyond personal
ax /ˈæks/
it is fiction
ax is bigger than hatchet.
tomahawk : a small ax used as a weapon by Native Americans.
fire ax
let bygones be bygones. : to forgive someone for something done or for a disagreement and to forget about it
water under the bridge
It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. / it's better to have loved at all.
Better late than never. : said when you think that it is better for someone or something to be late than never to arrive or to happen
They were flying a plane.
Do you believe in life after death?
good karma/ bad karma
Karma will get you. / What goes around comes around.
consequence= bad result
good result/ reward / success
opposite of
What's the opposite of ~?　
1, respect for~
2, appreciation
3, guidance / guiding
openess for guide
guiding a lesson
nobody prays for the past tense.
life wisdom
What things did you tell children?
at two o'clock on the dot. / It's two sharp.

Recap
let bygones be bygones/ Water under the bridge
It's better to have loved at all.
Better late than never.
consequence
good result
What things I told my children.
1, Love 2, Perseverance 3, gratitude
Do the best you can and leave the rest of fate. Encourage
to live without forgetting to feel gratitude.

Private Lesson on March 14

adjust
horizontal : positioned from side to side rather than up and down : parallel to the ground
vertical: positioned up and down rather than from side to side : going straight up
diagonal: of a straight line : joining two opposite corners of a shape (such as a square or rectangle) especially by crossing the center point of the shape

terrible=horrible
I wouldn't hold my breath. = I wouldn't expect (good things)
Real happiness isn't found in what we get but what we give.
Your level, you don't have these little mistakes.
1:01 one O one
sometime tonight
Yesterday, I happened to meet Mr. Sakamoto at the station.
What a coincidence.
Last night I accidentally use salt instead of suger.
Even though she studied hard, she couldn't pass the exam.
Even if we leave right now, we won't be on time.
(proverb)
#1, A rolling stone garthers no moss. :a person who does not settle in one place will not accumulate wealth or status, or responsibilities or commitments.
#2, All's well that ends well. :if the outcome of a situation is happy, this compensates for any previous difficulty or unpleasantness.
#3, If at first you don't succeed, try try again. : Keep trying.

flustered (adj) : upset or nervous
She was too flustered to speak.
practical
I will contact her today.

Pronounciations are the same. -- close clothes

Why do people laugh?
anthropomorphic: described or thought of as being like human beings in appearance, behavior, etc.
consider
humans have ability to know and...... dengerous situation and safe
during the ...... to flee responce and enagey
take a breath, then over we have ability denger passed we know denger isn't gonna happen
animal can't do that
that's not me. separation
threaten
embarrsing sitiation separate that's no me. separation of dengerous, humiliation, unpleasant
Thoughts? (What do you think?)
rephrase
contagious laugh
figical mechanism
good chemicals
physiology

Plan A: two o'clock sharp (exactly 2:00)
If something comes up, please let me know.

*Recap*
horizontal / vertical / diagonal
I wouldn't hold my breath.
happened to VS accidentally
(proverb)
#1, A rolling stone garthers no moss.
#2, All's well that end's well.
#3, If at first you don't succeed, try try again.
flustered
Why do people laugh?

Private lesson on March 7

literary
quasi-emergency = a kind of
eligible= (adj) able to to, qualify : able to do or receive something: able to be chosen for something
eligibility
ineligible : not allowed to do or be something : not eligible
The good thing is...
The real happiness isn't found in what we get but what we give.
Food for though : 思考の糧、考えるべきこと
You gave me a lot of food for thought.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. :仕事ばかりで遊ばない、それはジャックを平凡なつまらない男にする
「よく学び、よく遊べ」
Teaching room / work room
a brief trip
room to room
Eveything is cozy
partition
Discribe the room you are in.

This house has two stories.
This is a two-story house. ?
There are two stories in this house. ?
This car has four wheels.
This car has a four wheel drive. ?
This is a two man job.
Let's take a ten minute break.

You might like this..
I hope that Rossia will change their mind.
Don't hold your breath. : unlikely : (You shouldn't expect / hope) =I doubt it
Un...don't hold your breath.
right direction
I wouldn't hold my breath. (it is softer than Don't hold your breath.)
intimacy
better half
My better half and I have coffee.
siblings: brothers and sisters

By までに
until まで
I have to leave by 5. までに
I don't have to leave until 5. まで
I'll have to wait for my friednd until she comes.
Do you get that?
My husband had to work until 8 yesterday. まで

There are mostly magazines in this box.
Most of the people I met during my trip were kind.
I almost got lost, but I managed to get there.
She is almost 90.
Since I bought my smartphone, I mostly use my PC to make New Year post cards.
He is not as told as his daughter.
His daughter is taller than him.
My neck hurts.
I have a pain in my neck.
It's pain in the butt.
He is pain in my neck. He is pain in the neck. : hassle (argumentative)
crass : rude and insensitive
痛みの原因ーpainful
These days, going to the dentist isn't painful. / These days going to the dentist doesn't hurt.
My sunburn is very painful.
My back is sore. / My back hurts.

If something comes up, please let me know.