Everyday English (Vocabulary Building)
Topic: Cooking & Eating
Lesson Notes August 13, 2024 (Vocabulary Building)
Words & Phrases
The last I checked the teams were tied.
They are still in the middle of the game.
After the ninth inning they were still tied, so they played extra-innings.
My favourite team, which won the final last year, played this morning.
I watched another game and one of the teams was in last year’s final.". (= in the final game, maybe did not win)
The train we took was full.
The seats on the train were full.
A week before our trip, we booked a room at a traditional inn, but we could only get one without meals.
How do you book your holidays? Do you use a travel company?
I almost always book my own hotels and transportation.
My family doesn’t like staying away from home, so we often just do day trips.
On a typical work day my son’s ambulance gets called out 15 or more times. (Call out (phrase); summon someone to deal with an emergency or provide a service)
I rented the red dress from my teacher.
The red dress was a renal from my teacher.
How many costume changes did you do?
At this event I did two costumer changes, my other hula sisters had to do three or four.
Cooking & Eating
Section 5
It looks like a normal inarizushi, but the inside isn’t vinegar rice, instead it uses soba noodles. It still has the sweet inari skin taste.
I was invited to a really delicious restaurant, I had raw squid. It was very fresh, in Tokyo it’s usually white, but here it was clear. It was sweet and had a sticky texture.
I didn’t like this at first, but now it’s one of my favourite, fried zucchini flowers. A disgusting dish I have tried is stir fried bee larva.
