Yamayuri 英会話クラス

June 21, 2024 (Yamayuri)

  • Did she say where she (caught / get) covid?

  • Is burdock a speciality of Tochigi?

  • How many people attended the family reunion?

    • There nine people including spouses.

  • There was an accident at Yurigaoka station yesterday.

    • There was an accident involving a (person / vehicle).

  • Someone had trouble at the train crossing gate, they slipped and fell on the tracks.

  • A young women immediately stood up and offered me her seat.

    • Have you been offered a seat before?

  • I was annoyed when I made a simple mistake while studying.

  • Where do you live?

    • Where are you from?

    • Where do you call home?

  • I know this area like the back of my hand.

    • Those kids know soccer like the back of their hands.

  • Are house cats nocturnal?

  • Where did you get your turtles?

    • I got them at a home centre.

  • I have to cut down my favourite tree, so I took a cutting to plant in my new garden.

  • My garden is full of weeds these days.

  • Last summer was so hot that my killifish died, only two survived.

  • Maybe the food is the same but the size is different.

Vocabulary

  • Spouse; a husband or wife, considered in relation totheir partner

  • Burdock

  • Like the back of one’s hand; to be very familiar with something

  • Nocturnal; active at night

  • Home centre; a large store that sells materials and supplies for home improvements and household goods

  • メダカ; killifish, rice fish

Kristopher Matheson

Hello, I'm Kristopher, a Canadian teaching English & photographer in Japan. I am primarily interested in urban environments and the people found there, as well as abstractionism in architecture and landscapes.

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