第20回-08/8/29 words & expressions

• second last day
• the hard disk is fried／HDが故障した　radio, car などに使える。overused, too old, damaged が原因で壊れること
• my brother's computer caught a virus. ※catchを使うのか・・・
• pirated movies／海賊版映画
• it ran me 270,000 yen.
• loose animals
• did you get good waves?
• it's so hard to balance
• it's easier to balance
• did you get a tan?
• japanese women don't like tans.
• muscle tear
• i'm stuck
• back to work
• what do you take pictures up? = what kind of pictures do you take?
• from scratch
• endurance race
• where is the race held?
• italicize／イタリック体で印刷されている（辞書では「イタラサイズ」なんだけど、先生は「アイタラサイズ」と言っていた）
• kick something around
• choose your top two!!　※レストランで、「食べたいもの２つ選んで！」
• I'm not a morning/night person. (08/4/20)
• the tree fell down and the road was blocked
• reconcile／和解する、和睦する
• compose
• make out／イチャイチャする
  • That couple is making out in the car.
• pull yourself together = get control of your emotions, calm down
• you never drink to the point where you can't remember
• early to bed, early to rise／早寝早起き（Early to bed early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise）
• always in a rush
• cut down／（量を）減らす
• try quitting cold turkey
• ニコチンの発音がニコティーンだった
• I crave cigarettes. crave=feel a powerful desire for
• You used to crave cigarettes.
• and yourself?
• come to the office by 8 o'clock.
• good chance to change your style
• how the story ends?
• my dad's car is his precious thing
• don't mess with the car　※mess with= to get involved with someone or something that may cause problems or be dangerous
• I dozed off. ※doze off／居眠りする(sleep lightly)（08/12/7）
• 司会／emcee
• administrator= someone whose job involves managing the work of a company or organization

●プリントワーク

• kick (an idea) around = discuss, think about/talk about informally
  • What is the benefit of kicking an idea around instead of making an immediate decision?
  • I kick an idea around in my head for a long time.
  • We kicked that suggestion around and in the end decided to go ahead.
  • I'm kicking around it in my head.
• make up (3ways)
  • What kind of excuses do people make up for being late to an important event?
  • Me and my girlfriend had a fight, and my brother said you shouldn't fight with your girlfriend, go make up!
  • Me and my boss had an argument, but in the afternoon, we made up.
  • Have you ever made up with someone? How did you feel about making up with the person?
  • Do you know how many states made up the original United States in 1776?
• pull together information = gather information
  • Where could you go to pull together information for a research report?
  • I'm still pulling together information.
• kick the habit
  • Have you ever succeeded in kicking the habit of cigarettes, smoking, drinking alcohol, or some other bad habit?
• cover up= hide, conceal
  • Have you ever cover up an embarrassing situation?