I emailed my friend - I sent an email to my friend

When email is used as a verb we don’t say “email to someone” 

"I have to email my boss." *Not email to my boss

"Hector emails his family in Peru every week."

When email is a noun and we use the verb send we need to. 

“I have to send an email to my boss.”

"Hector sends emails to his family in Peru every week."

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発音 WALK vs. WORK ~ 歩く vs. 働く

(発音) WALK vs. WORK ~ 歩く & 働く

Walk (WAH-K)

It takes 15 minutes to walk from my house to the station.

Should I call a taxi?

Let's walk, it's not too far!

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Work (WER-K)

It takes 45 minutes to get to work by train.

I got a new job with Toyota! I've always wanted to work for a big company.

Up and Down VS Sideways

When you take a photo or video with your smartphone do you hold it....

Up and down

or...Sideways

Thin part 2 ~ other uses

Thin ~ other uses

Meaning not fat = not covered with much flesh 

"He was tall and thin, with dark hair."

For hair = not growing closely together or in large amounts 

thin grey hair

For liquid = containing more liquid than is normal or expected 

"The sauce was thin and tasteless."

For smoke = fairly easy to see through 

 

"They fought their way through to where the smoke was thinner."

For air = containing less oxygen than normal 

"At high altitudes the air is very thin."

Thick part 2 ~ other uses

Thick ~ other uses

For hair/fur/trees = growing closely together in large numbers

thick dark hair

"His eyebrows were thick and bushy."

a thick forest

For liquid  = not flowing very easily

thick soup

For fog/smoke/air = difficult to see through; difficult to breathe in

"The plane crashed in thick fog."

thick smoke

For a stupid person = (informal) slow to learn or understand things

"Are you thick, or what?"

convenient VS convenience ~ 便利 VS 利便性

convenient VS  convenience

convenient - adjective - useful, easy or quick to do; not causing problems (便利)

"Trains in Tokyo are very convenient and usually on time."

convenience - noun - the quality of being useful or easy for somebody (利便性)

"We have provided seats for the convenience of our customers."

*The adjective form convenient is used most of the time.

"Tokyo is a convenient place to live."

"Living beside a grocery store is very convenient."

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